Table 1.

Characteristics of 1574 deceased subjects in a random sample of the Swedish population

Variable	Subjects with pharmaceutical drug poisonings (n = 9)	Remaining subjects (n = 1565)	P value
Number of males (%)	5 (56%)	806 (51.5%)	1.0
Age, years, median (range)
Males	53 (26–85)	79 (0–101)	0.08
Females	49 (27–85)	84 (0–104)	<0.05
Forensic autopsy performed, n (%)	7 (78%)	76 (4.9%)	<0.01
Clinical autopsy performed, n (%)	0 (0%)	115 (7.3%)	1.0
Fatalities in hospital, n (%)	3 (33%)	636 (40.6%)	0.8