"Figure 1: Trends in drug poisoning and drug misuse deaths are broadly similar at a national level when using date of death occurrence or registration ","" "Age-standardised mortality rates for deaths related to drug poisoning and drug misuse, England and Wales, registered and occurred between 1993 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates per million people, standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. 2. 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. More details can be found in the Quality and Methodology Information. 3. Figures are for deaths registered and deaths occurring in each calendar year. 4. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. " "Unit","Age-standardised rate per million people" "","" "","Occurred drug poisoning","Occurred drug misuse","Registered drug poisoning","Registered drug misuse" "1993","44.3","16.4","42.9","15.7" "1994","47.3","19.1","45.9","18.1" "1995","50.7","20.8","49.1","20.0" "1996","53.1","23.6","50.0","21.1" "1997","56.0","24.9","54.1","24.2" "1998","57.4","28.1","56.4","26.8" "1999","58.5","30.9","58.8","30.2" "2000","58.7","33.2","55.2","30.1" "2001","57.1","32.0","58.1","33.6" "2002","53.3","31.4","52.9","30.3" "2003","49.9","26.3","49.0","26.9" "2004","52.5","29.6","52.1","28.4" "2005","50.6","30.4","50.9","30.1" "2006","49.4","31.6","47.2","29.3" "2007","53.1","36.4","48.0","32.3" "2008","51.9","34.4","53.0","35.6" "2009","53.4","36.4","51.8","35.1" "2010","46.5","30.6","49.4","33.9" "2011","48.4","31.6","47.8","30.9" "2012","49.0","30.9","46.6","29.1" "2013","55.7","37.0","52.8","34.7" "2014","58.9","39.4","59.6","39.9" "2015","66.3","45.5","65.1","43.8" "2016","69.7","46.8","65.8","45.6" "2017","70.6","47.3","66.1","43.9" "2018","76.6","50.4","76.3","50.9" "2019","","","76.7","50.4"