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Published in final edited form as: Occup Med (Lond). 2010 Apr 20;60(5):348–353. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqq040

Table 4.

Mortality from drug dependence and accidental poisoning by drugs in selected male job groups

Job Group	Drug dependence (ICD9 304)			Accidental poisoning by drugs (ICD9 E850-E858)
Job Group	Deaths	PMR	(95% CI)	Deaths	PMR	(95% CI)
Literary and artistic occupations	32	264	(181-373)	73	192	(150-241)
Retailers and dealers	46	205	(150-273)	86	157	(125-194)
Painters and decorators	67	270	(209-343)	137	216	(182-256)
Bricklayers, masons	22	178	(112-270)	64	208	(160-265)
Plasterers	16	235	(134-381)	30	178	(120-254)
Roofers and glaziers	24	184	(118-273)	49	160	(119-212)
Other labourers	233	122	(107-139)	553	124	(113-134)