"Figure 1: Number of male and female drug-related deaths, registered in 2015","" "England and Wales","" "","" "Notes","1. Cause of death was defined using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10). The underlying cause of death codes used to select 'all drug poisonings' can be found in the Quality and Methodology Information. 2. Figures are for deaths registered, rather than deaths occurring in 2015. 3. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents. " "Unit","Deaths" "","" "sex","Females","Males" "","1127","2547"