Cannabis: Death Mrs. Curtis-Thomas To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Crosby constituency and (b) Merseyside in the last 12 months. Angela E. Smith The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2009: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many cannabis-related deaths there were in (a) Crosby constituency and (b) Merseyside in the last 12 months. (284945) There were no deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning1 and cannabis was mentioned alone or with other substances on the death certificate in (a) Crosby constituency, 2 in 20073 (the latest year available). There were no deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning1 and cannabis alone was mentioned on the death certificate, and two deaths where the underlying cause was drug poisoning1 and cannabis was mentioned together with other substances on the death certificate in (b) Merseyside metropolitan county,2 in 20073 (the latest year available). 1 Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD- 10). Deaths were included where the underlying cause was due to drug poisoning (shown in the box below), and where cannabis was mentioned on the death certificate. 2 Based on boundaries as of 2009. 3 Figures are for deaths registered in 2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cause of death |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, undetermined intent |Y10-Y14 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------