Table 5 Intention and main agents causing deaths from poisoning inside and outside hospitals in Oslo
Hospital n (%) | Outside n (%) | Total n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Median | 42 | 41 | 41 |
IQR | 26–77 | 29–51 | 29–51 | |
Sex | Males | 2 (25) | 86 (79) | 88 (75) |
Females | 6 (75) | 23 (21) | 29 (25) | |
Intention | AOSA | 3 (38) | 67 (62) | 70 (58) |
Other accidents | 1 (13) | 20 (18) | 21 (21) | |
Definite suicide | 3 (38) | 9 (8) | 12 (10) | |
Possible suicide | 1 (13) | 9 (8) | 10 (9) | |
Open verdict | 0 (0) | 4 (4) | 4 (3) | |
Main agent | Opioids | 4 (50) | 68 (62) | 72 (62) |
CO | 1 (13) | 10 (9) | 11 (9) | |
Ethanol | 0 (0) | 7 (6) | 7 (6) | |
Codeine (+ paracetamol)* | 0 (0) | 6 (6) | 6 (5) | |
Cardiovascular drugs | 1 (13) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | |
Benzodiazepines | 1 (13) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | |
Other illegal | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | |
Anti-depressants | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | |
Anti-epileptics | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | |
Other | 1 (13) | 5 (5) | 6 (5) | |
Co-agent(s) | Yes | 5 (63) | 93 (85) | 98 (84) |
No | 3 (38) | 16 (15) | 19 (16) | |
Total | 8 (100) | 109 (100) | 117 (100) |