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Table 1 Total counts (n), crude mortality ratesa, 95% confidence intervals, and average annual percent change (AAPC) for substance poisoning deaths by sex in Canada, 2014 – 2017

From: Polysubstance use poisoning deaths in Canada: an analysis of trends from 2014 to 2017 using mortality data

 

2014

2015

2016

2017

AAPC (%)

All poisonings

 Both sexes

  n

2281

2398

3018

4212

 

  Rate

6.44

6.72

8.36

11.54

23.0*

  95 % CI

(6.17, 6.70)

(6.45, 6.99)

(8.06, 8.66)

(11.19, 11.89)

(2.4, 47.8)

 Males

  n

1528

1662

2133

3114

 

  Rate

8.69

9.38

11.90

17.19

27.3*

  95 % CI

(8.25, 9.13)

(8.93, 9.84)

(11.40, 12.41)

(16.59, 17.79)

(5.1, 54.1)

 Females

  n

753

736

885

1098

 

  Rate

4.22

4.09

4.87

5.96

13.4

  95 % CI

(3.92, 4.52)

(3.79, 4.39)

(4.55, 5.19)

(5.61, 6.32)

(-3.2, 32.9)

  1. a Rates are deaths per 100,000 population.
  2. * Indicates a significant increasing trend from 2014 to 2017, p<0.05.
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