Table 3.

Reported fatalities of caffeine intoxications

Sex	Age	Max. peripheral blood caffeine (mg/L)	Other	Authors
Female	39	192	Intravenous drug abuse	Kerrigan and Lindsey (2005) [9]
Male	29	567	Diabetes, obesity	Kerrigan and Lindsey (2005) [9]
Male	52	49	Psychiatric disorder, liver & kidney disease	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Female	42	33*	Hypertension	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Female	37	73*	Bulimia nervosa, diabetes, alcohol abuse	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Female	39	90* (+ acetaminophen 520 mg/L and butalbital 75 mg/L)	Migraines, depression	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Female	43	320*	Rheumatoid arthritis, alcohol abuse	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Male	57	220	Not reported	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Female	50	320	Bipolar disorder, ataxia	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Male	44	74	Cardiac disease, diabetes, alcoholism	Banerjee et al. (2014) [16]
Female	19	220	Not reported	Riesselmann et al. (1999) [17]
Female	81	190 (+ salicylic acid 360 mg/L and acetaminophen 600 mg/L)	Farewell letter, pulmonary emphysema	Riesselmann et al. (1999) [17]
Female	21	not specified	Death due to pneumonia 11 days after the caffeine poisoning	Rudolph and Knudsen (2010) [19]

*Heart blood caffeine concentration as no peripheral blood was available