Table 1 Primary weapon by opioid toxicology

Firearm

52.7 (87)*

39.7 (334)

Sharp instrument

6.7 (11)

4.0 (34)

Hanging, strangulation, suffocation

33.3 (55)

42.1 (354)*

Fall

n < 10

3.7 (31)

Explosive

n < 10

n < 10

Drowning

n < 10

2.5 (21)

Fire or burns

n < 10

n < 10

Motor vehicle including buses, motorcycles

n < 10

1.3 (11)

Other transport vehicle (e.g., trains, planes, boats

n < 10

5.6 (47)

Other (e.g., Taser, electrocution, nail gun)

n < 10

n < 10

Total

165

841