Table 3. Incidence of hospitalization and mortality from drug intoxication by region, Brazil, 2009–2018.

		Year										Annual average
		2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Hospitalization a
MRx (by region)
	North	3.23	2.54	2.80	3.72	3.71	1.62	1.29	1.17	1.52	1.33	2.29
	Central-West Region	9.28	5.91	5.34	5.17	4.81	3.84	2.99	3.49	3.94	3.63	4.84
	Northeast	4.83	2.83	2.73	2.79	2.42	2.34	2.18	2.00	2.09	2.43	2.66
	Southeast	6.64	5.09	5.08	4.88	4.85	4.94	4.38	4.61	5.18	5.76	5.14
	South	8.35	5.53	4.81	4.94	5.35	5.38	4.96	5.81	7.18	7.72	6.00
	Brazil	6.10	4.23	4.08	4.10	3.99	3.72	3.49	3.47	3.98	4.36	4.15
MIP (by region)
	North	0.13	0.05	0.06	0.10	0.11	0.12	0.09	0.02	0.08	0.04	0.08
	Central-West Region	0.57	0.26	0.21	0.20	0.19	0.24	0.10	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.22
	Northeast	0.17	0.11	0.15	0.10	0.11	0.08	0.09	0.07	0.05	0.06	0.10
	Southeast	0.17	0.09	0.10	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.10	0.09	0.12
	South	0.27	0.17	0.15	0.21	0.17	0.18	0.21	0.19	0.20	0.21	0.20
	Brazil	0.21	0.12	0.13	0.13	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.13
Mortality b
MRx (by region)
	North	68	80	58	74	67	49	53	48	128	53	68
	Central-West Region	222	130	111	113	177	103	116	71	148	111	130
	Northeast	224	76	105	131	120	103	91	135	101	147	123
	Southeast	153	137	149	154	155	191	148	176	194	226	168
	South	205	136	123	124	132	157	134	139	236	249	164
	Brazil	158	101	108	115	115	120	121	120	139	155	125
MIP (by region)
	North	0	5.73	0	0	10.94	5.41	0	0	0	5.52	2.76
	Central-West Region	7.07	0	25.42	0	0	6.60	0	0	0	0	3.91
	Northeast	5.60	13.52	6.79	1.83	1.54	6.11	0	3.02	3.56	2.99	4.50
	Southeast	5.70	1.22	2.05	2.03	0	1.18	1.08	1.96	1.15	0	1.64
	South	0	0	7.14	3.54	2.98	3.48	0	5.78	9.14	0	3.21
	Brazil	4.09	4.24	4.43	1.46	2.06	3.02	0.46	1.49	2.32	0.94	2.45

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

^aIncidence of hospitalization per 100,000 inhabitants standardized for world population distribution (WHO, 2000–2025).

^bMortality per 100 million population standardized for world population distribution (WHO, 2000–2025).