Table 5.
Common co-morbidities, conditions, and findings of the intentional drowning death victims, Australia, 2006–2014
| Category | n | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental disorders | Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol | 24 | 5.3 |
| Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of other substances (tobacco, psychoactive substances, opioids, stimulants) | 10 | 2.2 | |
| Schizophrenia | 5 | 1.1 | |
| Bipolar affective disorder | 10 | 2.2 | |
| Depressive episode | 69 | 15.3 | |
| Other anxiety disorders | 11 | 2.4 | |
| Others (Schizoaffective disorders, unspecified nonorganic psychosis, recurrent depressive disorder, eating disorder, specific personality disorders, pervasive developmental disorders, hyperkinetic disorders, unspecified dementia, unspecified organic or symptomatic mental disorder, mental disorder not otherwise specified) | 15 | 2.4 | |
| Total | 144 | 32.0 | |
| Emotional state | Other symptoms and signs involving emotional state | 12 | 2.7 |
| Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, anti-parkinsonism, and psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified | 20 | 4.4 | |
| Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to diuretics and other and unspecified drugs, medicaments, and biological substances | 22 | 4.9 | |
| Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to others (non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics and anti-rheumatics, narcotics and psycho-dysleptics/hallucinogens not elsewhere classified, alcohol, gases and vapours) | 10 | 2.2 | |
| Intentional self-harm by sharp objects and jumping from a high place | 7 | 1.6 | |
| Total | 59 | 13.1 | |
| Poisoning | Poisoning by non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics and anti-rheumatics | 6 | 1.3 |
| Poisoning by narcotics and psycho-dysleptics/hallucinogens | 9 | 2.0 | |
| Poisoning by antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, and anti-parkinsonism drugs | 40 | 8.9 | |
| Poisoning by psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified | 24 | 5.3 | |
| Poisoning (Poisoning by diuretics and other and unspecified drugs, medicaments, and biological substances) | 9 | 2.0 | |
| Toxic effect of alcohol | 16 | ||
| Total | 112 | 24.9 | |
| Finding of drugs and other substances not normally found in blood | Finding of alcohol in blood | 18 | 4.0 |
| Finding of psychotropic drug in blood | 22 | 4.9 | |
| Finding of other substances (opiate drug, hallucinogen, steroid agent, and other drugs of addictive potential in blood) | 10 | 2.2 | |
| Total | 50 | 11.1 | |
| Diseases of the nervous system | Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Primary disorders of muscles, sleep disorders, other disorders of brain) | 9 | 2.0 |
Source: ABS Cause of Death Unit Record File 2006–2014