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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Ronnie Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people died in Northumberland Health Authority area as the result of the use of medicinal drugs in each of the last five years (a) accidentally, (b) in cases involving (i) suicide and (ii) self-inflicted injury and (c) in other cases; and which drug each death involved. [106824] Ms Stuart: The information requested is in the table. Northumberland residents _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Deaths Accidental {1} Suicide {2} Undetermined {3} 1994 Analgesics, antipyretics and 3 1 2 antirheumatics Barbiturates -- -- -- Other sedatives and hypnotics 2 -- -- Tranquilisers and other 1 2 3 psychotropic agents Other specified drugs and -- 1 1 medicaments Unspecified drug or medicament -- 2 1 Total 6 6 7 1995 Analgesics, antipyretics and 1 -- -- antirheumatics Barbiturates -- -- -- Other sedatives and hypnotics 1 -- 1 Tranquilisers and other -- -- 3 psychotropic agents Other specified drugs and -- -- -- medicaments Unspecified drug or medicament -- -- -- Total 2 0 4 1996 Analgesics, antipyretics and -- 3 1 antirheumatics Barbiturates -- -- -- Other sedatives and hypnotics -- -- -- Tranquilisers and other 1 3 -- psychotropic agents Other specified drugs and 3 -- -- medicaments Unspecified drug or medicament -- 1 -- Total 4 7 1 1997 Analgesics, antipyretics and -- 2 -- antirheumatics Barbiturates -- -- -- Other sedatives and hypnotics -- -- -- Tranquilisers and other 1 2 1 psychotropic agents Other specified drugs and -- 2 1 medicaments Unspecified drug or medicament -- -- 1 Total 1 6 3 1998 Analgesics, antipyretics and -- 2 1 antirheumatics Barbiturates -- 1 -- Other sedatives and hypnotics 1 -- -- Tranquilisers and other -- -- 1 psychotropic agents Other specified drugs and -- -- 1 medicaments Unspecified drug or medicament -- 1 -- Total 1 4 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Accidental = E850-E858 {2} Suicide = E950 (.0 to .5) {3} Undetermined = E980 (.0 to .5) Source: ONS Annual Death Extracts (individual anonymised records based on Death Certificate/any subsequent investigations) It is not possible to distinguish between `suicide' and `self inflicted injury' since the ICD-9 classification has these as a single category It is not possible to determine the specific drugs used--ICD-9 classification gives only categories of drugs

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

344 c532-3W; 106824

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Death Drugs Prescription drugs Suicide Northumberland Overdoses

Contains statistics

Yes