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Table 2 Percent distribution of drug poisoning suicides (X60-X64 by ICD-10) in 16 European countries by gender, means of the years 2000-2004/5

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

 

X60

X61

X62

X63

X64

X60-64

 

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Belgium

0.0

0.0

30.9

35.8

9.1

3.8

0.0

0.0

60.0

60.4

100.0

100.0

England*

29.8

30.0

21.4

23.2

12.4

8.5

1.2

0.7

35.3

37.5

100.0

100.0

Estonia

0.0

0.0

50.0

42.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

14.3

50.0

42.9

100.0

100.0

Finland

4.2

4.5

72.7

67.9

10.5

10.4

4.9

6.7

7.7

10.4

100.0

100.0

France

0.6

0.4

17.4

17.0

1.5

1.1

1.0

1.1

79.5

80.5

100.0

100.0

Germany

1.1

1.3

24.3

26.8

9.7

3.6

1.4

1.5

63.5

66.8

100.0

100.0

Hungary

1.7

1.4

48.4

55.7

2.5

2.3

2.6

2.0

44.9

38.7

100.0

100.0

Iceland

3.4

5.3

48.3

73.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.3

48.3

15.8

100.0

100.0

Luxembourg

0.0

0.0

25.0

40.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

75.0

60.0

100.0

100.0

Netherlands

2.7

4.2

23.4

28.3

18.0

9.2

0.9

0.8

55.0

57.5

100.0

100.0

Portugal**

0.0

0.0

13.3

21.1

6.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

80.0

78.9

100.0

100.0

Scotland

12.8

14.3

33.3

35.7

43.6

38.6

1.3

2.9

9.0

8.6

100.0

100.0

Slovenia

0.0

0.0

33.3

54.5

33.3

18.2

0.0

0.0

33.3

27.3

100.0

100.0

Spain

0.0

1.5

17.4

22.4

7.0

3.0

1.2

0.0

74.4

73.1

100.0

100.0

Switzerland

0.8

0.6

70.2

77.1

4.1

3.8

5.8

0.0

19.0

18.5

100.0

100.0

Total

5.5

4.9

28.7

31.4

8.5

4.9

1.7

1.4

55.6

57.3

100.0

100.0

  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