News More than half of homeless deaths are drug-related

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More than half of homeless deaths are drug-related​

“There were 256 people who died while homeless in Scotland in 2020, an increase of 40 on the previous year.

The National Records of Scotland (NRS) said comparable figures for England and Wales were not yet available.

But in previous years Scotland's rate of homeless deaths was about three times as high as the rest of Britain.

More than half of homeless deaths in Scotland [59%] were drug-related, the figures suggest. There were no deaths where the underlying cause was Covid.

Eight per cent of deaths were due to circulatory diseases - such as heart disease and stroke - and 5% were due to cancers.

The experimental figures are compiled by examining death registration records to find people who were either in temporary accommodation or were sleeping rough before they died.”

More than half of homeless deaths are drug-related

There were 256 people who died while homeless in Scotland in 2020, an increase of 40 on the previous year.

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