"Figure 5: Drug poisoning, suicide and alcohol-specific causes accounted for over half of deaths of homeless people in 2021","" "Deaths of homeless people (estimated) by selected causes of death category, persons, deaths registered between 2013 and 2021, England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Underlying cause of death is allocated using the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10). The codes used for each of the listed causes are shown in the accompanying [dataset](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsofhomelesspeopleinenglandandwales). 2. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in the calendar year. 3. Figures for England and Wales may include deaths of non-residents. 4. Because of an overlap in definitions, some suicides are also included in our definitions of drug poisoning and alcohol-specific deaths." "Unit","Estimated deaths" "","" "Estimated deaths","Drug poisoning","Alcohol-specific","Suicides" "2013","125","57","81" "2014","143","68","72" "2015","182","48","78" "2016","196","54","80" "2017","190","69","72" "2018","294","86","86" "2019","289","76","112" "2020","265","83","74" "2021","259","71","99"