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Solvent abuse mortality figures - July 2007
The following information is published in St George's University of London
annual report on mortalities from solvent and volatile substance abuse.
The current report provides figures for 2005 (the last recorded year).
Key findings from the report
- There were 45 deaths associated with volatile substance abuse
(VSA) in 2005, 2 fewer than in 2004. The total number of
VSA deaths in the UK since 1971 now stands at 2,198.
- The number of VSA deaths in the 10-14 year age group has risen
from 3 in 2004 to 4 in 2005, and there were 8 deaths below the
age of 18 in 2005 compared with 13 in 2004.
- The rapid fall in VSA deaths in the early nineties, from a
peak of 152 deaths in 1990, was associated in part with the Government
campaign in 1992. There has been a modest fall in numbers
of deaths since then.
- Gas fuels continue to be associated with the majority of deaths.
In 2005, butane from all sources, including aerosol propellants,
accounted for 80% of VSA deaths (36 of the 45 deaths).
- There were 8 VSA deaths in under-18 year olds in 2005.
The fall in deaths coincides with education programmes in schools,
including a distribution of the teacher's pack "A Loaded Gun"
and Hazard Crew sets to every secondary school.
- VSA deaths continue to be much more common among males than
females, although the proportion of female deaths in 2005 for
under 18s was equal to male deaths.
- Death rates over the last ten years are highest in North East
England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
- The most common place of fatal abuse is the home.
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