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Table 1 Male and female age adjusted suicide rates per 100 000 and rate ratios, distributed by poisonings and injuries in 16 European countries, means of the years 2000-2004/5

From: Drug suicide: a sex-equal cause of death in 16 European countries

 

POISONINGS

 

INJURIES

 

TOTAL

 

Poisoning by drugs X60-X64

 

Other poisonings X65-X69

   

X60-X84

 
 

rate

ratio M/F

rate

ratio M/F

rate

ratio M/F

rate

ratio M/F

 

Male

Female

 

Male

Female

 

Male

Female

 

Male

Female

 

Belgium

1.8

1.6

1.1

1.0

0.3

3.3

22.6

7.2

3.2

25.3

9.1

2.8

England

1.3

1.0

1.3

1.1

0.1

8.6

6.8

1.4

4.7

9.2

2.6

3.6

Estonia

0.7

0.9

0.8

1.0

0.2

5.5

41.6

7.1

5.9

43.4

8.2

5.3

Finland

5.3

4.7

1.1

1.9

0.1

15.2

23.7

4.6

5.1

30.9

9.5

3.3

France

2.3

2.4

1.0

0.6

0.3

2.2

22.8

5.9

3.9

25.7

8.5

3.0

Germany

1.5

1.3

1.1

0.7

0.2

4.0

15.4

4.0

3.8

17.6

5.5

3.2

Hungary

3.0

2.9

1.1

2.3

0.7

3.2

39.0

7.2

5.4

44.2

10.7

4.1

Iceland

4.1

2.9

1.4

1.6

0.8

1.9

12.5

2.4

5.1

18.2

6.1

3.0

Ireland

1.6

1.3

1.2

0.6

0.1

9.6

18.0

3.4

5.2

20.2

4.8

4.2

Luxembourg

1.8

1.9

0.9

1.7

0.6

3.1

18.2

4.2

4.4

21.8

6.7

3.3

Netherlands

1.3

1.3

1.0

0.4

0.1

3.3

10.5

4.1

2.6

12.2

5.6

2.2

Portugal

0.3

0.3

0.9

1.8

0.8

2.3

11.3

2.4

4.8

13.3

3.4

3.9

Scotland

3.1

2.6

1.2

1.2

0.1

19.8

13.5

3.0

4.5

17.8

5.7

3.1

Slovenia

0.9

0.9

0.9

2.9

0.6

4.9

37.2

9.4

4.0

41.0

11.0

3.7

Spain

0.4

0.3

1.3

0.5

0.2

2.4

10.0

2.7

3.7

10.8

3.2

3.4

Switzerland

3.0

3.3

0.9

0.8

0.2

3.4

19.9

6.0

3.3

23.7

9.6

2.5

Total

1.6

1.5

1.1

0.8

0.2

3.6

15.6

4.0

3.9

18.0

5.7

3.2

  1. X60 - nonopioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics
  2. X61 - antiepileptic, sedative-hypnotic, antiparkinsonism and psychotropic drugs, not elsewhere classified
  3. X62 - narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens), not elsewhere classified
  4. X63 - other drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system
  5. X64 - other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances