. 2019 Oct 22;15(4):228–254. doi: 10.1007/s13181-019-00736-9

Table 6.

Detailed reason for encounter-intentional pharmaceutical exposure

	N (%)
Reason for intentional pharmaceutical exposure subgroup^a
Attempt at self-harm	2463 (66.7)
Misuse/abuse	627 (17.0)
Therapeutic use	291 (7.9)
Unknown	309 (8.4)
Total	3690 (100)
Attempt at self-harm- suicidal intent subclassification^b
Suicidal intent	2121 (86.1)
Suicidal intent unknown	253 (10.3)
No suicidal intent	85 (3.5)
Not recorded	4 (0.2)
Total	2463 (100)

^aPercentage of total number of cases (N = 3690) indicating primary reason for encounter due to intentional pharmaceutical exposure

^bPercentage of number of cases indicating attempt at self-harm (N = 2463)