Table 2.
Coronial characteristics of the case-series, and per healthcare trajectory.
| All N = 3895 | Healthcare trajectory |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A no or low n = 2598 | B moderate, predominantly PH n = 601 | C moderate, high MH medicines n = 397 | D high, predominantly PH n = 206 | E high, predominantly MH n = 93 | ||
| Method of deatha | ||||||
| Hanging | 2027 (52.0) | 1557 (59.9) | 224 (37.3) | 158 (40.0) | 49 (23.8) | 39 (41.9) |
| Any poisoning | 948 (24.3) | 501 (19.3) | 192 (31.9) | 146 (37.0) | 82 (39.8) | 27 (29.0) |
| Poisoning with medicines | 347 (8.9) | 141 (5.4) | 84 (14.0) | 68 (17.1) | 39 (18.9) | 15 (16.1) |
| Falls | 328 (8.4) | 217 (8.4) | 41 (6.8) | 37 (9.3) | 20 (9.7) | 13 (14.0) |
| Firearm | 235 (6.0) | 134 (5.2) | 55 (9.2) | npd | 34 (16.5) | npd |
| Sharp object | 113 (2.9) | 64 (2.5) | 24 (4.0) | 14 (3.5) | npd | npd |
| Moving object | 175 (4.5) | 127 (4.9) | 18 (3.0) | 22 (5.5) | npd | suppressed |
| Other | 311 (8.0) | 178 (6.9) | 73 (12.1) | 33 (8.3) | 19 (9.2) | 8 (8.6) |
| Toxicology | ||||||
| BAC ≥0.03 g/100 mL detected post-mortemb n, (%) | 902 (24.5) | 780 (31.8) | 107 (19.0) | 92 (24.3) | 27 (13.8) | 16 (18.0) |
| Mean BAC detected g/100 mLc (SD) | 0.15 (0.10) | 0.15 (0.09) | 0.15 (0.13) | 0.13 (0.09) | 0.14 (0.07) | 0.16 (0.13) |
| Opioids detected post-mortemb, n (%) | 702 (19.1) | 274 (11.2) | 180 (32.0) | 125 (33.1) | 103 (52.8) | 20 (22.5) |
| Illicit substances detected post-mortema n, (%) | 722 (19.6) | 584 (23.8) | 45 (8.0) | 72 (19.0) | 13 (6.7) | 8 (8.6) |
BAC, blood alcohol concentration; SD: standard deviation.
Highest proportion across the 5 healthcare trajectory per characteristic are highlighted in bold and lowest values in italic. Percentages are expressed as decedents per cluster displaying that characteristic, apart from the total column where the percentage is expressed as decedents out of total case series. Some data is suppressed due to low counts.
Method of death is not mutually exclusive, some individuals used a combination of the included methods.
Denominator is the number of decedents per trajectory whose forensic toxicology information was available in their coronial record; 94.5% of decedents from Group A, 93/5% Group B, 95.2% Group C, 94.7% Group D and 95.7% Group E.
Only those with a BAC of ≥0.03 g/100 mL were included in the calculation.
Not provided due to suppression rules/sparse data/cell being under 6.