National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI)

The National Drug-Related Deaths Index is an epidemiological database which records drug- and alcohol-related deaths, and deaths among people who used drugs and among alcohol dependent persons in Ireland.

Purpose: Epidemiological monitoring of drug- and alcohol-related deaths, and deaths among people who use drugs and among alcohol dependent persons in Ireland. The objective of the Index is to provide high quality data so that the State can respond in a timely manner with accurate data on drug-related mortality.

Does not include deaths caused by the drug or alcohol use of another person if the deceased does not meet the NDRDI inclusion criteria above.

Does not include deaths due to medical misadventure

Coverage: National coverage. Data is collected annually.

Example of temporal coverage: 2017 data was collected between September 2018 to May 2019 and published in December 2019.

Data and Resources

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Additional Info

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Contact points
Contact point 1
URI
Name
Health Research Board
Email
data@health-research-boar.ie
Identifier
Publisher
Publisher 1
URI
Name
Health Research Board
Email
URL
Type
http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority
Identifier
Creator
Homepage
Landing page
Release date January 1, 2005
Modification date March 3, 2023
Version
Version notes
Identifier NDC-0086
Frequency http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/QUARTERLY
Provenance

NDRDI staff manually collect data on an annual basis from closed coronial files relating to all deaths where a history of drug use and or alcohol dependency was recorded or where drug or alcohol was implicated in the death. Data from the other agencies is submitted in electronic format on an annual basis.
Type
Temporal coverage
Temporal coverage 1
Start
January 1, 2005
End
March 30, 2025
Temporal resolution
Spatial coverage
Spatial coverage 1
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL
Label
Ireland
Geometry
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Spatial resolution in meters
Access rights http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/NON_PUBLIC
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Theme
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language
  1. http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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Health category
  1. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/ehr
  2. http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/public-health
Health theme
  1. http://health.europa.eu/theme/chronic-disease
  2. http://health.europa.eu/theme/public-health
  3. http://health.europa.eu/theme/epidemiology
Legal basis
Minimum typical age 15
Maximum typical age 75
Number of records 898238
Number of records for unique individuals. 220725
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