Table 2.
Suicide and open verdict deaths by all causes, and suicide, open verdict, and accidental deaths due to poisoning by all drugs, co-proxamol alone, and other analgesics alone (or with alcohol) in England and Wales
| All causes | All drugs | Co-proxamol alone† | Other analgesics* alone† | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide, open | Suicide, open | Suicide, open, accidental | Suicide, open | Suicide, open, accidental | Suicide, open | Suicide, open, accidental | ||||
| 1998 | 5347 | 1432 | 2250 | 298 (21) | 354 (16) | 207 (15) | 283 (13) | |||
| 1999 | 5241 | 1415 | 2298 | 298 (21) | 359 (16) | 208 (15) | 280 (12) | |||
| 2000 | 5081 | 1309 | 2147 | 296 (23) | 345 (16) | 175 (13) | 229 (11) | |||
| 2001 | 4904 | 1279 | 2181 | 268 (21) | 322 (15) | 200 (16) | 262 (12) | |||
| 2002 | 4762 | 1225 | 1984 | 217 (18) | 265 (13) | 182 (15) | 237 (12) | |||
| 2003 | 4811 | 1195 | 1844 | 196 (16) | 226 (12) | 166 (14) | 237 (13) | |||
| 2004 | 4883 | 1247 | 2007 | 204 (16 ) | 249 (12) | 168 (14) | 232 (12) | |||
| 2005 | 4718 | 1154 | 1927 | 70 (6) | 86 (5) | 183 (16) | 238 (12) | |||
| 2006 | 4513 | 979 | 1822 | 69 (7) | 83 (5) | 200 (20) | 287 (16) | |||
| 2007 | 4322 | 888 | 1852 | 53 (6) | 63 (3) | 151 (17) | 209 (11) | |||
*Co-codamol, codeine, co-dydramol, dihydrocodeine, NSAIDS, paracetamol, tramadol.
†Percentage of all drug poisoning deaths shown in brackets.