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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
Australia	ARQ	2014	Y	1,899	15,608,195	121.67	4	1	5	3	2
New Zealand	ARQ	2013	Y	191	2,973,248	64.24	1	3		2					12.04%

*   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.