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Number of drug-related deaths, mortality rates per million persons aged 15-64 years and ranking of drugs as primary cause of death

(2016 or latest year available)

Region/Sub-Region/Country	Source	Year of estimate	National estimate ( Y / N )	Number of deaths	Reference population (15 - 64)*	Rate** per million aged 15-64	Ranking of drugs as primary cause of death								Fatal drug overdoses (%)
							Cannabis	Opioids	Cocaine	ATS	Tranqui- lizers  and sedatives	Halluci- nogens	Solvents  and inhalants	Other substances not under international control
Kenya	ARQ	2016	Y	1,338	27,372,406	48.88	2	1
Seychelles	ARQ	2007	Y	5	61,796	80.91		1							80.00%
South Africa	ARQ	2009	-	-	-			1		2

*   Reference population refers to the population aged 15-64 sourced from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Population Prospects 2015 Revision, or the reference population as specified in the ARQ for sub-populations.

 ** Unless an age breakdown of drug-related deaths is available, rate is calculated using the reported total number of drug-related deaths, based on the assumption that drug-related deaths occur mainly within the 15-64 age bracket.