TABLE 43
DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS BY AGE AND GENDER
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998
| |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| Age |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| <15 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 15-19 |
2 |
0.5 |
3 |
2.2 |
5 |
0.9 |
| 20-24 |
13 |
3.3 |
6 |
4.3 |
19 |
3.6 |
| 25-44 |
249 |
63.7 |
69 |
50.0 |
318 |
60.1 |
| 45-64 |
105 |
26.9 |
42 |
30.4 |
147 |
27.8 |
| 65-84 |
19 |
4.9 |
14 |
10.1 |
33 |
6.2 |
| 85+ |
3 |
0.8 |
4 |
2.9 |
7 |
1.3 |
| TOTAL |
391 |
100.0 |
138 |
100.0 |
529 |
100.0 |
Note: Drug-induced deaths - ICD9 = 292, 304, 305.2-305.9, E850-E858, E930-E949,
E950.0-E950.5, E962.0, E980.0-E980.5.
Total percentage may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
Non-residents are excluded.
- There were 529 deaths in the province from drug-induced causes in 1998. This grouping of underlying causes of death includes drug dependence, accidental drug poisonings, and suicides involving drugs.
- Almost three quarters (73.9%) of all drug-induced deaths in 1998 were males (391). Overall, out of all causes of death, drug-induced deaths accounted for 2.7% of all male deaths and 1.0% of all female deaths in B.C. in 1998.
- In 1998, 60.1% (318) of the drug-induced deaths in the province occurred in the 25-44 age group. This represented one in five deaths (19.6%) from any cause in this age group.
- For males, 90.6% of drug-induced deaths were in the 25-44 and 45-64 age groups (354 deaths in total). Female drug-induced deaths were similarly concentrated in these age groups, and accounted for 80.4% (111 out of 138) of the female deaths in this category.
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