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Table 1 Mortality rates for selected causes, and sensitivity estimates for suicide certification by type of classification, Poland, 1970-2009

From: Forty years of increasing suicide mortality in Poland: Undercounting amidst a hanging epidemic?

 

ICD-8

ICD-9

ICD-10

Time period

1970-1979

1983-1996

1997-2009

Rate per 100,000

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

  Suicide

11.9

20.2

4.1

13.5

22.9

4.6

15.0

26.3

4.5

  Undetermined intent

4.4

6.8

2.1

5.6

9.2

2.2

6.4

10.5

2.5

  Unknown cause

-

-

-

49.7

37.2

61.5

35.2

31.6

38.6

  Unintentional poisoning

3.8

6.5

1.2

6.9

11.5

2.6

4.4

7.5

1.4

Sensitivity (%)

         

  Upper limit 1

73

75

66

71

71

68

70

71

64

  Lower limit 2

-

-

-

18

28

06

25

35

10

  1. 1 (suicides/suicides + deaths of undetermined intent) x 100.
  2. 2 (suicides/suicides + deaths of undetermined intent, unknown causes, and unintentional poisoning) x 100.