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Recent trends (Table 1)
8. The number of drug-related deaths in 2000 was 292, one more than in 1999 and 48 (20 per cent) more than in 1996. Within these totals, the number of deaths of known or suspected drug addicts fell from 227 in 1999 to 220 in 2000. However, this was still about a quarter more than in 1996 (175). (Figures for 1996-2000 using the old definition are given in
Annex B.)
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