PT · 2018 · tps00149
Death due to drugs dependence, by sex
Portugal, 2018
In 2018, Portugal's death due to drugs dependence, by sex decreased by 12.5% compared to 2017, reaching 0.14.
Portugal accounts for 21.2% of the EU-27 total of 0.66.
Portugal ranks 17th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.2% (from 0.18 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00149, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.