Bibliography: Prevalence

Health Research Board. (2019) National Drug-Related Deaths Index 2004 to 2016 data. Dublin: Health Research Board

This report provides estimates of the national and local prevalence of problem drug use for those aged 15 to 64 living in Scotland between April 2015 and March 2016 (An Official Statistics publication for Scotland)

Statistics relating to drug related deaths and deaths due to drug misuse (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency)

The National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program provides leading-edge, coordinated national research and intelligence on illicit drugs and licit drugs that can be abused, with a specific focus on methylamphetamine and other substances (Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission)

A suite of products with the most up-to-date findings from interviews conducted annually from 2000-2018 with a cross-sectional sentinel group of people who regularly inject drugs recruited from all capital cities of Australia

Drug-related deaths (DRDs) are at their highest level since records began in 1993 with 3,756 DRDs in England and Wales last year, 53% of which related to opiate use (Transform)

Of the 2,039 people (62% of total) sleeping rough who had a support needs assessment recorded, 41% had alcohol support needs, 43% drug support needs, and 50% mental health support needs, with 18% having all three needs, and 18% having none of these three needs (Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, UK)

The first Experimental Statistics of the number of deaths of homeless people in England and Wales. Figures are given for deaths registered in the years 2013 to 2017 (ONS)

These findings come from the 2018 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of a nationally representative sample of eighth, 10th and 12th graders in schools nationwide, funded by a government grant to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (NIDA)

England, 2018 – November update (NHS)