Trends in Drug Induced Deaths (1999 - 2007)

Trends in Drug Induced Deaths -- Deaths Per Year by Underlying Cause of Death Type (1999 - 2007)
	1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
Underlying Cause of Death (ICD-10 Codes)	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total	Number	% of Total
Accidental Poisoning (X40 - X44)	11,155	58.32	11,712	59.39	13,024	60.00	16,394	62.96	18,294	63.69	19,838	64.60	22,448	66.93	26,400	68.76	27,658	72.08
Intentional Self-Poisoning (X60 - X64)	3,181	16.63	3,243	16.45	3,559	16.40	3,884	14.92	3,890	13.54	4,208	13.70	4,240	12.64	4,571	11.90	4,772	12.44
Poisoning of Unknown Intent (Y10 - Y14)	2,473	12.93	2,429	12.32	2,769	12.76	3,197	12.28	3,553	12.37	3,306	10.76	3,068	9.15	3,379	8.80	3,519	9.17
Mental Disorders Due to Drugs (F11 - F19)	2,253	11.78	2,283	11.58	2,289	10.55	2,500	9.60	2,915	10.15	3,264	10.63	3,714	11.07	3,953	10.30	2,344	6.11
Homicide by Drugs (X85)	40	0.21	31	0.16	42	0.19	43	0.17	48	0.17	72	0.23	57	0.17	75	0.20	61	0.16
Miscellaneous (See Notes)	26	0.14	22	0.11	22	0.10	22	0.08	23	0.08	23	0.07	14	0.04	18	0.05	17	0.04
Total Drug Induced Deaths	19,128		19,720		21,705		26,040		28,723		30,711		33,541		38,396		38,371

Notes: The cause of death codes comprising the "miscellaneous" counts above include the following:

D52.1 -- Drug-induced folate deficiency anemia D59.0 -- Drug-induced hemolytic anemia D59.2 -- Drug-induced nonautoimmune hemolytic anemia D61.1 -- Drug-induced aplastic anemia D64.2 -- Secondary sideroblastic anemia due to drugs and toxins E06.4 -- Drug-induced thyroiditis E16.0 -- Drug-induced hypoglycemia without coma E23.1 -- Drug-induced hypopituitarism E24.2 -- Drug-induced Cushing’s syndrome E27.3 -- Drug-induced adrenocortical insufficiency E66.1 -- Drug-induced obesity G21.1 -- Other drug-induced secondary parkinsonism G24.0 -- Drug-induced dystonia G25.1 -- Drug-induced tremor G25.4 -- Drug-induced chorea G25.6 -- Drug-induced tics and other tics of organic origin G44.4 -- Drug-induced headache, not elsewhere classified

G62.0 -- Drug-induced polyneuropathy G72.0 -- Drug-induced myopathy I95.2 -- Hypotension due to drugs J70.2 -- Acute drug-induced interstitial lung disorders J70.3 -- Chronic drug-induced interstitial lung disorders J70.4 -- Drug-induced interstitial lung disorder, unspecified K85.3 -- Drug-induced acute pancreatitis L10.5 -- Drug-induced pemphigus L27.0 -- Generalized skin eruption due to drugs and medicaments L27.1 -- Localized skin eruption due to drugs and medicaments M10.2 -- Drug-induced gout M32.0 -- Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus M80.4 -- Drug-induced osteoporosis with pathological fracture M81.4 -- Drug-induced osteoporosis M83.5 -- Other drug-induced osteomalacia in adults M87.1 -- Osteonecrosis due to drugs

These specific codes have been included retroactively to the years prior to when they were officially included in the drug-induced mortality totals reported in the annual National Vital Statistics Reports, as is done by the ONDCP in its reporting of annual drug induced death totals.

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