Table 2. Number of poisoning deaths by location, age group, type of substance and intent in China, 2006–2016: females.

Variable	No. of deaths by year
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
All	2 737	2 773	2 975	2 687	2 556	2 468	2 358	2 089	1 987	1 944	1 761
Location
Urban	650	604	654	613	570	556	520	481	495	496	472
Rural	2 087	2 169	2 321	2 074	1 986	1 912	1 838	1 608	1 492	1 448	1 289
Age group
0–4 years	17	17	46	25	22	39	20	18	18	18	15
5–14 years	44	42	41	31	38	49	43	30	24	17	16
15–24 years	243	239	281	230	266	225	194	150	125	105	72
25–44 years	815	821	852	779	631	649	542	493	401	393	314
45–64 years	726	734	793	698	711	672	727	621	571	586	559
≥ 65 years	892	920	962	924	888	834	832	777	848	825	785
External cause
Druga	226	267	299	231	221	204	187	175	177	194	135
Alcohol	33	37	50	33	42	45	40	27	25	49	39
Pesticides	2 025	2 061	2 149	2 033	1 877	1 725	1 689	1 538	1 409	1 360	1 209
Other gases/vapours	260	231	337	278	317	374	336	279	301	273	329
Other poisoning	193	177	140	112	99	120	106	70	75	68	49
Intent
Unintentional	522	533	684	658	684	737	700	596	607	593	575
Suicide	2 095	2 178	2 183	1 951	1 806	1 668	1 611	1 449	1 344	1 317	1 152
Undetermined	105	54	103	68	54	57	43	40	28	31	33

^a Drugs include nonopioid analgesic, antipyretic and antirheumatic drugs; sedative-hypnotic, antiparkinsonism and psychotropic drugs and narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens].