Table 1.
Details of suicides by co-proxamol, tricyclic antidepressants, and paracetamol, England and Wales, 1997-9. Figures are numbers of suicides (percentage of all drug related suicides in age group), unless stated otherwise
| Drugs used for self poisoning
|
All drug related suicides plus open verdicts
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-proxamol alone
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Tricyclic antidepressants alone
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Paracetamol alone
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| Male | ||||
| Age (years): | ||||
| 10-24 | 55 (23.8) | 53 (22.9) | 8 (3.5) | 231 |
| 25-34 | 112 (19.2) | 115 (19.8) | 29 (5.0) | 582 |
| 35-54 | 155 (15.8) | 221 (22.6) | 77 (7.9) | 978 |
| ≥55 | 97 (18.1) | 63 (11.8) | 59 (11.0) | 536 |
| Total | 419 (18.0) | 452 (19.4) | 173 (7.4) | 2327 |
| Female | ||||
| Age (years): | ||||
| 10-24 | 42 (25.3) | 51 (30.7) | 13 (7.8) | 166 |
| 25-34 | 45 (14.6) | 72 (23.4) | 29 (9.4) | 308 |
| 35-54 | 118 (17.2) | 176 (25.6) | 75 (10.9) | 688 |
| ≥55 | 142 (21.1) | 176 (26.2) | 78 (11.6) | 673 |
| Total | 347 (18.9) | 475 (25.9) | 195 (10.6) | 1835 |
| Total | ||||
| Age (years): | ||||
| 10-24 | 97 (24.4) | 104 (26.2) | 21 (5.3) | 397 |
| 25-34 | 157 (17.6) | 187 (21.0) | 58 (6.5) | 890 |
| 35-54 | 273 (16.4) | 397 (23.8) | 152 (9.1) | 1666 |
| ≥55 | 239 (19.8) | 239 (19.8) | 137 (11.3) | 1209 |
| Total | 766 (18.4) | 927 (22.3) | 368 (8.8) | 4162 |