Table 1:

Psychotropic-drug-induced deaths relative to all deaths within ICD-10 underlying cause of death categories

	All years 1999-2019		1999		2019
	All deaths	Psychotropic-drug-implicated are about 1 in X deaths	All deaths	Psychotropic-drug-implicated are about 1 in X deaths	All deaths	Psychotropic-drug-implicated are about 1 in X deaths
Medical
Diseases of the circulatory system	17,855,050	709	954,339	1,564	874,613	434
Diseases of the respiratory system	5,187,487	1,888	229,863	3,065	271,026	1,173
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	2,254,532	1,200	92,872	2,902	140,107	783
Diseases of the digestive system	1,979,096	1,533	82,876	2,590	112,894	957
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases	1,400,955	1911	59,984	3,749	64,706	980
Neoplasms	12,349,887	23,346	563,065	62,563	615,191	12,555
Diseases of the nervous system	3,054,820	8,753	84,077	7,643	233,715	7,791
Diseases of the genitourinary system	1,337,306	5,619	53,127	5,313	72,871	3,644
Mental and behavioral disorders, unrelated to drugs	1,947,228	8,466	33,509	2,234	118,796	10,800
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	212,302	1,302	10,393	2,598	9,713	883
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	17,553	112	406	—	1,103	158
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	291,083	2,156	13,347	1,668	14,553	1,617
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism	209,777	2,037	9,067	2,267	10,815	1,082
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified	711,692	15,815	26,672	8,891	32,408	6,482
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	271,207	7,534	14,259	14,259	10,412	10,412
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	89,668	1,546	3,697	—	5,229	475
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process	1,483	1,483	74	—	90	—
Diseases of the eye and adnexa	999	—	44	—	56	—
External
Transport accidents	896,725	241	45,927	901	41,143	78
Intentional self-harm, non-poisoning	663,023	203	24,287	347	41,353	126
Accidental drowning and submersion	74,207	30	3,529	104	3,692	13
Event of undetermined intent non-drug	36,853	35	1,405	48	2,093	18
Falls	531,413	511	13,162	2,632	39,443	443
Assault non-drug	362,859	376	16,709	726	18,777	174
Other accidental threats to breathing	129,639	161	5,503	550	7,076	124
Intentional self-poisoning by non-drug or alcohol	30,206	42	1,688	84	1,302	26
Exposure to forces of nature	29,141	45	1,488	124	1,806	27
Exposure to smoke, fire, hot substances, non-natural heat & cold, electricity, radiation	71,453	113	3,950	658	3,069	43
Accidental poisoning by non-drug or alcohol	19,847	33	711	102	1,310	18
Accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol	30,525	58	320	32	2,291	57
All other external causes	182,439	546	9,463	1,577	8,815	294
Legal intervention and operations of war	9,849	35	399	67	653	19
Exposure to inanimate or animate mechanical forces	56,443	271	2,953	422	2,593	123
Complications of medical and surgical care	61,535	392	2,742	343	5,258	1,052
Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol	771	9	24	3	46	9