4 Drug misuse deaths were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes shown in Box 2 below and where a drug controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was mentioned on the death certificate.
5 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) code E66 (obesity).
Box 1 Alcohol-related causes of death-International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)
Cause of death description
ICD-10 code(s)
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
F10
Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol
G31.2
Alcoholic polyneuropathy
G62.1
Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
I42.6
Alcoholic gastritis
K29.2
Alcoholic liver disease
K70
Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified
K73
Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (excl. Biliary cirrhosis)
K74 (excl. K74.3-K74.5)
Alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis
K86.0
Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
X45
Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol
X65
Poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, undetermined intent
Y15
Box 2 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes used to define drug-related poisoning deaths by underlying cause
Cause of death description
ICD-10 Code(s)
Mental and behavioural disorders due to drug use (excluding alcohol and tobacco)
F11-F16, F18-F19
Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances
X40-X44
Intentional self-poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances
X60-X64
Assault by drugs, medicaments and biological substances
X85
Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances, undermined intent
