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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 Sep-Oct;19(5):402–411. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318271c622

Table 1.

Number of poisoning deaths by drug type mentioned: Wisconsin, 1999–2008

ICD-10 Substance Total deaths 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 % change 1999–2008 % change 2007–2008
code
T40.1 Heroin 303 17 31 20 26 24 19 32 28 36 70 312 94
T40.2 Codeine, morphine, other opioids 1101 39 49 68 95 96 103 134 161 182 174 346 −4
T40.3 Methadone 648 10 19 20 39 39 71 74 118 140 118 1080 −16
T40.4 Other synthetic narcotics 377 16 22 24 26 38 40 50 54 55 52 225 −5
T40.5 Cocaine 1017 59 57 63 79 101 112 132 163 158 93 58 −41
T42.4 Benzodiazepines 653 23 32 37 51 52 77 72 92 111 106 361 −5
T43.0 Tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants 332 24 23 24 31 35 45 36 43 42 29 21 −31
T43.2 Other and unspecified antidressants 401 14 19 23 37 21 50 48 55 71 63 350 −11
T50.9 Other and unspecified drugs 2023 78 120 121 191 153 200 240 276 302 342 338 13

NOTES: Table excludes drug T codes with fewer than 300 mentions during the 10 year study period. Data in table include 6855 (84%) of the 8160 unduplicated mentions of T codes in the study. Because table includes multiple causes, the "total deaths" exceeds the 4828 deaths in the study.