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Trends in Intentional Drug Overdose Deaths (1999 - 2007)

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Public Use Mortality Data Files

Trends in Drug Induced Deaths -- Deaths Due to Intentional Self-Poisoning (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
Other and Unspecified
(X64) 		1,747 9.13 1,790 9.08 2,042 9.41 2,231 8.57 2,241 7.80 2,429 7.91 2,438 7.27 2,730 7.11 2,915 7.60
Various Medications
(X61) 		859 4.49 843 4.27 816 3.76 853 3.28 850 2.96 902 2.94 930 2.77 946 2.46 933 2.43
Narcotics and Psychodysleptics
(X62) 		380 1.99 385 1.95 483 2.23 563 2.16 546 1.90 626 2.04 613 1.83 678 1.77 670 1.75
Nonopioid Analgesics
(X60) 		173 0.90 207 1.05 205 0.94 227 0.87 242 0.84 235 0.77 243 0.72 200 0.52 225 0.59
Other ANS Drugs
(X63) 		22 0.12 18 0.09 13 0.06 10 0.04 11 0.04 16 0.05 16 0.05 17 0.04 29 0.08
Deaths in Category 3,181 3,243 3,559 3,884 3,890 4,208 4,240 4,571 4,772

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