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Table 3 Male and female suicide rates per 100 000, poisoning by drugs (X60-X64 by ICD 10) by age groups in 16 European countries, means of 2000-2004/5

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

   

Males

      

Females

   
 

15-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

 

15-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Belgium

1.2

2.5

3.1

3.3

1.9

1.3

Belgium

0.7

1.2

3.2

3.6

2.4

1.3

England

0.5

1.9

2.3

2.3

1.4

1.9

England

0.5

1.1

1.3

1.6

1.6

2.0

Estonia

1.0

0.5

0.9

0.8

1.5

0.2

Estonia

1.2

2.0

0.7

1.0

1.4

0.5

Finland

2.1

7.1

10.8

10.6

5.5

3.8

Finland

2.3

4.3

7.9

9.8

7.9

4.0

France

0.7

3.0

5.0

4.5

2.4

1.7

France

0.7

1.9

4.2

5.1

3.8

2.4

Germany

0.6

1.8

2.4

2.4

2.1

2.1

Germany

0.6

1.0

1.7

2.2

2.3

2.7

Hungary

0.9

2.4

5.3

5.6

3.7

5.9

Hungary

0.6

1.3

3.7

5.5

4.1

7.5

Iceland

1.7

7.3

6.7

8.4

3.1

3.6

Iceland

0.0

2.7

2.9

7.8

6.7

2.4

Ireland

1.1

2.9

2.8

2.4

2.1

1.1

Ireland

1.6

1.0

2.4

2.1

1.7

1.3

Luxembourg

0.6

2.0

3.0

3.7

0.7

3.9

Luxembourg

0.0

0.5

1.8

5.5

4.4

3.1

Netherlands

0.4

1.5

2.1

2.3

1.9

2.0

Netherlands

0.2

0.9

2.0

2.9

2.3

2.1

Portugal

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

Portugal

0.0

0.3

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.5

Scotland

2.6

5.2

6.0

4.3

2.8

2.1

Scotland

2.7

3.2

4.3

4.7

2.7

1.8

Slovenia

0.8

2.1

1.1

1.2

0.4

0.7

Slovenia

1.0

0.4

1.8

1.2

1.5

1.4

Spain

0.1

0.6

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.3

Spain

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.2

Switzerland

0.7

1.7

2.7

3.3

4.3

12.3

Switzerland

1.0

1.6

2.5

3.7

6.4

12.3

Total

0.6

1.9

2.8

2.8

1.9

2.0

Total

0.6

1.2

2.2

2.9

2.4

2.4