Table 1.
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.