Table 1.

Documented and suspected causes of death

Cause (documented or suspected) of death	No. cases
Overdose (intentional, unintentional, suspected drug overdose with and without sodium oxybate)	19
Cardiac event	17
Malignancy	15
Suicide, other than due to drug overdose	8
Accidental death	7
Cerebrovascular accident	6
Respiratory event	5
Other known causes
Diabetes	2
Natural cause	2
Urosepsis following Clostridium difficile infection	1
Worsening renal failure	1
Liver failure	1
Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage postoperative complication	1
End-stage Parkinson disease	1
Underlying auto-immune disorder	1
Open heart surgery post-operative complication	1
No documented or suspected cause of death but information identified indicating a potential etiology	37
Unknown	102
Total	227