FOI reference: FOI-2024-2472
You asked
Number of drug-related deaths involving GHB/GBL, England and Wales, deaths registered between 2018 and the year ending 2024.
Please include:
- Deaths where GHB/GBL mentioned on the death certificate (with or without other drugs and alcohol)
- Deaths where GHB/GBL is the only dug mentioned on the death certificate (no other drugs or alcohol)
We said
Thank you for your request.
Our Deaths related to drug poisoning by selected substances, England and Wales publication provides the number of deaths where gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) was mentioned on the death certificate, deaths registered between 1993 and 2023. These figures are for deaths where GHB either alone or combined with other drugs was mentioned in the coroner’s toxicology report.
We have not produced any figures on deaths where GBL or GHB was the only drug mentioned on the death certificate. The requested information would therefore need to be created as a custom output. Information on deaths where GHB/GBL were mentioned on the death certificate with or without mentions of other drugs or alcohol, along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order. Please note these services are subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs in line with our charging policy.
Please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk for more information.