Drug-related deaths and mortality rates in Asia

AFRICA

AMERICAS

ASIA

EUROPE

OCEANIA

 

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

Afghanistan

ARQ

2009

N

16

13,950,492

1.15

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00%

Azerbaijan

ARQ

2016

Y

26

6,903,226

3.77

3

1

 

2

4

 

 

 

 

Bahrain

ARQ

2016

Y

23

1,102,591

20.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00%

Bhutan

ARQ

2010

Y

4

474,820

8.42

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China

ARQ

2016

N

25,727

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

China, Hong Kong SAR

ARQ

2015

Y

91

5,333,082

17.06

5

1

4

 

 

3

 

2

 

China, Macao SAR

ARQ

2015

Y

3

474,598

6.32

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

100.00%

Georgia

Gov.

2016

Y

5

2,603,402

1.92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India

ARQ

2008

-

-

-

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia

ARQ

2010

N

447

-

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.51%

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

ARQ

2016

Y

3,190

57,086,320

55.88

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Israel

ARQ

2016

Y

83

4,966,252

16.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51.81%

Japan

ARQ

2015

-

-

-

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

Jordan

ARQ

2003

Y

52

3,149,569

16.51

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kazakhstan

ARQ

2016

Y

222

11,828,215

18.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00%

Kuwait

ARQ

2009

Y

44

2,094,602

21.01

 

1

 

2

 

 

 

 

100.00%

Kyrgyzstan

ARQ

2016

Y

23

3,819,328

6.02

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00%

Lebanon

ARQ

2016

Y

4

4,091,304

0.98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.00%

Malaysia

ARQ

2016

N

7

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

Myanmar

ARQ

2015

Y

186

35,007,869

5.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.23%

Oman

ARQ

2002

Y

5

1,446,921

3.46

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistan

ARQ

2015

-

-

-

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qatar

ARQ

2016

Y

6

2,182,534

2.75

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Republic of Korea

ARQ

2016

N

3

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

33.33%

Saudi Arabia

ARQ

2013

-

-

-

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syrian Arab Republic

ARQ

2015

Y

5

10,841,580

0.46

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tajikistan

ARQ

2016

Y

7

5,367,478

1.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates

ARQ

2016

 

 

 

 

4

1

 

3

5

 

 

2

 

Uzbekistan

ARQ

2016

Y

356

21,286,794

16.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28.09%

Viet Nam

ARQ

2009

Y

2,184

60,657,927

36.01

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*   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.