Bibliography: Prevalence

Recent increases in deaths largely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl (CDC)

The median age of people who inject opiates and crack cocaine is increasing in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland, according to a new study published in the journal Addiction. Based on survey data, the researchers concluded that the age of people currently injecting drugs, their age when they first started injecting drugs, and the number of years they had been injecting drugs have all increased (aidsmap)

This collection of papers aims to demonstrate the significant role that web surveys can play in drug data collection (EMCDDA)

This report summarizes all unintentional illicit drug toxicity deaths in British Columbia (accidental and undetermined) that occurred between January 1, 2012, and April 30, 2022, inclusive. It includes confirmed and suspected illicit toxicity deaths (BC Coroners Service)

The data highlights an increase in substance-related hospitalisations among young people and that treatment for cocaine use among young people increased by 171% between 2011 and 2019. It also shows a clear link between mental ill health and substance use, evident across data on anxiety, self-harm and suicide (HRB Ireland)

The share of Americans who see drug addiction as a “major problem” in their community has declined in recent years, even as drug overdose deaths in the United States have risen sharpl (Pew Research Center)

This analysis provides the first significant body of evidence on drug use among students in Ireland and will help policymakers, professionals, and practitioners when considering responses to the challenge of reducing harms arising from drug use in higher education (DUHEI)

European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is launching a new data explorer tool, allowing access to over 20 years of ESPAD data on substance use among 15-16-year-old student

The latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows more than 1800 drug-induced deaths in Australia in 2020 (UNSW)

Presents substance use trends and describes whether expected substance use matched actual substance contents. Data were collected from harm reduction sites in seven regions across Canada that participated in the Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project between 2019 and 2021 (CCSA)

The Department of Health today published “Statistics from the Northern Ireland Substance Misuse Database: 2020/21 (Experimental Statistics)” report and accompanying statistical tables

This report focusses on management information from Police Scotland on suspected drug deaths to provide as timely an indication of current trends in drug deaths in Scotland as is possible. Statistics from National Records of Scotland are also presented for wider context (Scottish Government)

Report 15 of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program (the Program) covers around 57 per cent of the Australian population, which equates to about 13.3 million people (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)

Deaths from causes considered avoidable, treatable or preventable given timely and effective healthcare or public health interventions in those aged under 75 years (Office of National Statistics)

Latest UKHSA hepatitis C virus (HCV) reports and supporting documents, for England and the UK (UK Government)

An overview of drug misuse, symptoms of common mental disorder and personal well-being in adults who reported being a victim of crime in the last year. Data are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (Office for National Statistics)

This report presents statistics on Northern Ireland (NI) drug-related mortality in 2020. Figures are based on deaths registered in NI that are known to be drug-related or a direct consequence of drug misuse (NISRA)

There were 218 drug-related deaths registered in Northern Ireland in 2020. Over half (55.5%) 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)

Youth justice annual statistics for 2020 to 2021 for England and Wales (Youth Justice Board for England and Wales)

Key Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Interviews (NDARC)

Unstable housing among people who inject drugs may be responsible for up to one in five new infections with HIV or hepatitis C in the United Kingdom and the United States, a global modelling study has found (aidsmap)

YouGov has conducted an extensive study on drugs and drug use in the UK. The study investigates opinions, attitudes, and behaviours of Britons towards both prescription and recreational drugs

Findings of the survey 2021 (DUHEI)

This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States, showing rates by demographic group and by specific types of drugs involved (such as opioids or stimulants), with a focus on changes from 2019 to 2020 (CDC)

There were 62,757 drug-related hospitalisations (excluding alcohol and tobacco) among Australians in 2019-20, equivalent to 0.56% of all hospitalisations in Australia (NDARC)