2024年,在威尔士,阿片类药物造成69%的毒品死亡,288人死亡,大多数死于涉及多种物质的意外过量。 Opioids caused 69% of drug deaths in Wales in 2024, with 288 fatalities, mostly from accidental overdoses involving multiple substances.

2024年,在威尔士,阿片类药物导致69%的药物滥用死亡,比上一年的377名药物中毒死亡总数增加288人,其中多数涉及海洛因或吗啡。 Opioids drove 69% of drug misuse deaths in Wales in 2024, with 288 fatalities—up from 377 total drug poisoning deaths the previous year—most involving heroin or morphine. 意外用药过量占病例的84%,62%涉及多种物质,特别是含有可卡因或苯并二氮杂卓的类阿片。 Accidental overdoses accounted for 84% of cases, and 62% involved multiple substances, particularly opioids with cocaine or benzodiazepines. 贫困地区的死亡率是贫困地区死亡率的五倍以上,男性死亡的可能性几乎比女性高三倍,50岁以上受害者中有34%的人死亡,其中包括17名25岁以下受害者。 Death rates were more than five times higher in deprived areas, with men nearly three times more likely to die than women and 34% of victims over 50, including 17 under 25. 自2013年以来,全威尔士带回家的Naloxone方案预防了超过4,199例过量剂量,2024年307起事故的死亡率为1.3%,去年新增2,476例。 The All-Wales Take-home Naloxone program prevented over 4,199 overdoses since 2013, with a 1.3% fatality rate in 307 incidents in 2024, and 2,476 new recipients last year.