"Figure 1: Age-standardised mortality rates for deaths related to drug poisoning and drug misuse, by sex, deaths registered in 1993–2012","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates per 1 million population, standardised to the 1976 European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages 2. Rates for 2002–11 have been recalculated using revised mid-year population estimates which take account of the 2011 Census and may therefore differ from previously published figures 3. Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD 9) for the years 1993 to 2000 and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) from 2001 onwards. The underlying cause of death codes used to select 'all drug poisonings' and 'drug misuse' deaths are shown in Background note 4. Drug misuse as defined by the current headline indicator shown in Background note 5. Deaths from drug misuse are included in the figures for all drug poisoning 4. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in each calendar year. Due to the length of time it takes to complete a coroner’s inquest, it can take months or even years for a drug-related death to be registered. More details can be found in the ‘Impact of registration delays on drug-related deaths’ section below 5. Deaths in England and Wales include non-residents" "Unit","Rate per million population" "","" "","Males - All drug poisoning","Females - All drug poisonings","Males - Drug misuse","Females - Drug misuse" "1993","51.1","30.9","22.1","8.7" "1994","56.5","32.2","27.7","8.5" "1995","63.9","32.5","32.3","8.8" "1996","66.9","31.3","35.7","7.8" "1997","73.7","34.0","40.7","9.8" "1998","77.3","35.8","44.4","11.6" "1999","82.3","35.1","51.0","11.1" "2000","79.1","31.4","51.2","10.1" "2001","82.0","33.8","55.7","13.0" "2002","74.2","31.3","48.9","12.5" "2003","66.0","31.1","42.8","11.3" "2004","69.7","32.2","44.7","11.4" "2005","70.2","30.8","47.3","12.6" "2006","65.9","27.1","46.2","11.4" "2007","70.7","25.0","51.7","12.0" "2008","75.7","29.3","55.5","15.5" "2009","76.3","26.3","55.4","12.5" "2010","68.3","28.9","50.4","13.8" "2011","63.4","29.6","43.1","14.2" "2012","61.0","30.1","39.2","14.1"