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There were 191 drug-related deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2019. Almost half (45.5%) of these deaths were of men aged 25-44. These are some of the findings of the statistics published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).

The 2019 total (191) is more than double that recorded a decade ago (84) but is similar to the total of 189 in 2018. Drug-related deaths accounted for 10.1 deaths per 100,000 people in 2019. In terms of all deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2019 (15,758), drug-related deaths accounted for 1.2% of the total. The figures show that drug-related mortality rate remained relatively constant between 2018 and 2019 for both males and females. The rate for males decreased from 14.4 per 100,000 males to 14.3; for females the equivalent rate rose from 5.9 per 100,000 females to 6.0. Males accounted for 69.6% (133) of the 191 drug-related deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2019. Of the 191 drug-related deaths in 2019, 62 (32.5%) were in the 25-34 age group with a further 53 (27.7%) in the 35-44 age group. These figures equate to age-specific, drug-related mortality rates of 24.9 deaths per 100,000 people, aged 25-34 and 22.0 deaths per 100,000 people, aged 35-44.

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