Table 2. Incidence of hospitalization and mortality from drug intoxication by age group, Brazil, 2009–2018.

		Year										Annual average
		2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Hospitalization a
MRx (age group)
	0 to 4 years	7.62	6.10	5.37	5.99	5.57	5.67	4.88	5.07	5.27	5.67	5.72
	5 to 19	4.47	3.23	3.32	3.25	3.25	2.95	2.86	2.83	3.85	4.40	3.44
	20 to 59 years	7.00	4.58	4.40	4.49	4.32	3.90	3.66	3.62	3.99	4.45	4.44
	60 years or older	4.49	3.55	3.37	3.09	3.23	3.45	3.44	3.26	3.66	3.51	3.50
	Total	6.10	4.22	4.07	4.11	4.00	3.73	3.52	3.48	3.99	4.37	4.16
MIP (age group)
	0 to 4 years	0.58	0.27	0.42	0.42	0.49	0.41	0.34	0.32	0.43	0.30	0.40
	5 to 19	0.15	0.11	0.08	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.13
	20 to 59 years	0.20	0.11	0.12	0.10	0.11	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.11
	60 years o older	0.14	0.08	0.10	0.10	0.05	0.08	0.08	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.08
	Total	0.21	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.13
Mortality b
MRx (age group)
	0 to 4 years	66	37	22	15	7	23	15	23	38	53	30
	5 to 19	38	26	30	33	35	31	34	32	57	44	36
	20 to 59 years	221	137	155	155	148	152	155	160	164	191	164
	60 years or older	214	151	134	181	207	215	215	173	239	247	198
	Total	162	103	112	119	119	124	126	125	143	159	129
MIP (age group)
	0 to 4 years	7.4	14.8	0	0	0	7.7	0	0	0	0	3.0
	5 to 19	0	0	0	0	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
	20 to 59 years	5.6	3.7	5.4	1.8	0.9	2.7	0.9	0	3.4	0.8	2.5
	60 years or older	4.5	8.9	13.0	3.9	0	7.3	0	10.2	3.3	3.1	5.4
	Total	4.1	4.1	4.6	1.5	2.0	3.0	0.5	1.5	2.4	1.0	2.5

MIP: over-the-counter medications; MRx: prescription drugs.

^aIncidence of hospitalization per 100,000 inhabitants.

^bMortality per 100 million inhabitants.