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Heroin & methadone related deaths in England and Wales 2015, by gender

Number of heroin and methadone related deaths in England and Wales in 2015, by gender
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The data displays the number of drug related deaths (heroin and methadone) in England & Wales in 2015, by gender. There were 541 heroin related deaths. Although methadone is mainly used to help heroin addicts reduce their dependency on the drug, there were 219 deaths caused by methadone poisoning.

Heroin 541 89
Methodone 169 51