Table 1.
Deaths in Scotland due to poisoning by all drugs and co-proxamol alone
| All poisoning deaths | Co-proxamol only deaths (±alcohol) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | |||||||
| Total | Male | Female | n | (%)* | n | (%)* | n | (%)* | |
| 2000 | 160 | 103 | 57 | 37 | (23.1) | 21 | (20.4) | 16 | (28.1) |
| 2001 | 186 | 97 | 89 | 43 | (23.1) | 20 | (20.6) | 23 | (25.8) |
| 2002 | 179 | 113 | 66 | 39 | (21.8) | 20 | (17.7) | 19 | (28.9) |
| 2003 | 158 | 100 | 58 | 27 | (17.1) | 18 | (18.0) | 9 | (15.5) |
| 2004 | 173 | 103 | 70 | 41 | (23.7) | 21 | (20.4) | 20 | (28.6) |
| 2005 | 131 | 71 | 60 | 27 | (20.6) | 13 | (18.3) | 14 | (23.3) |
| 2006 | 128 | 84 | 44 | 10 | (7.8) | 3 | (3.6) | 7 | (15.9) |
*
Figures represent proportion of total poisoning deaths in Scotland.