TABLE 44
DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS BY CAUSE
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1993-1997 AND 1998
| |
Year of Death |
| |
1993 - 1997 |
1998 |
| Cause of Death |
ICD9 Code(s) |
Number |
Percent |
Number |
Percent |
| Drug psychoses |
292 |
1 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
| Drug dependence |
304 |
17 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
| Nondependent use or abuse of drugs (excluding alcohol/tobacco) |
305.2-305.9 |
27 |
1.1 |
7 |
1.3 |
| Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biologicals |
E850-E858 |
1,754 |
73.0 |
400 |
75.6 |
| Adverse effects of drugs, medicaments and biologicals in therapeutic use |
E930-E949 |
93 |
3.9 |
30 |
5.7 |
| Suicide by drugs, medicaments and biologicals |
E950.0-E950.5 |
457 |
19.0 |
81 |
15.3 |
| Assault from poisoning by drugs and medicaments |
E962.0 |
2 |
0.1 |
- |
- |
| Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biologicals, undetermined if accidental or intentional |
E980.0-E980.5 |
51 |
2.1 |
11 |
2.1 |
| TOTAL |
|
2,402 |
100.0 |
529 |
100.0 |
Note: Total percentage may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Non-residents are excluded.
FIGURE 26
DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS BY CAUSE
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998
HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 44/FIGURE 26
- There were 529 deaths in the province from drug-induced causes in 1998 and 2,402 drug-induced deaths in 1993-1997.
- Approximately three quarters of drug-induced deaths in 1998 and 1993-1997 (75.6% and 73.0% respectively) were the result of accidental poisonings by drugs, medicaments and biologicals (400 deaths in 1998 and 1,754 deaths in 1993-1997).
- Approximately one fifth of the drug-induced deaths (19.0%) were the result of suicide by drugs, medicaments and biologicals in 1993-1997 (457 deaths). The proportion of suicides among drug-induced deaths (15.3%) was slightly lower in 1998 (81 deaths).
- Of all the 419 suicide deaths in B.C. in 1998 (presented in Table 30), 81 suicides, or one in five suicide deaths (19.3%), were drug-induced.
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