DE · 2017 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Germany, 2017
In 2017, Germany's death due to drugs dependence, by sex decreased by 22.1% compared to 2016, reaching 1.62.
Germany accounts for 279.3% of the EU-27 total of 0.58.
Germany ranks 2nd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.6% (from 1.92 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.