TABLE 44
DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS BY CAUSE AND GENDER
British Columbia, 2000
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FIGURE 26
DRUG-INDUCED DEATHS BY CAUSE AND GENDER
British Columbia, 2000
HIGHLIGHTS TO TABLE 44/FIGURE 26
- There were 303 deaths in the province from drug-induced causes in 2000.
- Seven out of ten drug-induced deaths in 2000 were the result of accidental poisonings by drugs and medicaments (218 deaths) and one fifth of the drug-induced deaths (21.1%) were the result of suicide by drugs and medicaments (64 deaths).
- Of all the 344 suicide deaths in B.C. in 2000 (presented in Table 30), 64 suicides, or approximately one fifth of suicide deaths (18.6%), were drug-induced.
- The proportion of drug-induced deaths due to accidental poisonings was higher for males (77.4%) than for females (60.0%) while suicides accounted for a higher proportion of female drug-induced deaths (30.5%) than male (16.8%).
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