Opiate/opioid analgesic related deaths in Wales in 2012, by age group

* Opiate/opioid analgesics excluding morphine and heroin.
National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD) drug-related deaths are those deaths reported voluntarily to the NPSAD by coroners.
An NPSAD case is defined as a death where any of the following criteria are met at a completed inquest, fatal accident inquiry or similar investigation:
- One or more psychoactive substance directly implicated in death;
- History of dependence or abuse of psychoactive drugs;
- Presence of Controlled Drugs at post mortem; or
- Cases with deaths directly due to drugs but with no inquest.
The deaths detailed here are those which involved opiates/opioid analgesics as an implicated substance. There may also have been other implicated substances in any of these cases.