Table 4 Elapsed time between last prescription and death, by sex and death mode
From: Suicide or undetermined intent? A register-based study of signs of misclassification
All methods | ||||||
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Women | Men | Total | ||||
Elapsed time since prescription* | Suicide | Undetermined | Suicide | Undetermined | Suicide | Undetermined |
1 month | 32.8 (30.6-35.0) | 51.4 (47.0-55.8) | 32.1 (30.7-33.5) | 18.1 (15.7-20.5) | 32.3 (31.6-33.0) | 28.7 (27.6-29.8) |
6 months | 27.1 (25.0-29.2) | 14.0 (10.9-17.1) | 15.0 (13.9-16.1) | 22.1 (19.6-24.6) | 18.4 (17.7-19.1) | 19.4 (18.3-20.5) |
1 year | 8.3 (7.0-9.6) | 2.8 (1.3-4.3) | 4.5 (3.9-5.1) | 7.6 (6.0-9.2) | 5.6 (5.0-6.2) | 6.0 (5.4-6.6) |
2 years | 6.9 (5.7-8.1) | 17.8 (14.4-21.2) | 8.4 (7.6-9.2) | 7.4 (5.8-9.0) | 8.0 (7.0-5.9) | 10.8 (9.9-11.9) |
No prescription | 24.9 (22.8-27.0) | 14.0 (10.9-17.1) | 40.0 (38.5-41.5) | 44.9 (41.8-48.0) | 35.7 (35.1-36.3) | 34.8 (34.2-35.4) |
Poisonings | ||||||
Women | Men | |||||
Elapsed time since prescription* | Suicide | Undetermined | Unintentional | Suicide | Undetermined | Unintentional |
1 month | 40.6 (37.1-44.1) | 36.8 (32.1-41.5) | 27.5 (23.9-31.1) | 31.9 (28.8-35.0) | 24.7 (21.5-27.9) | 18.8 (17.0-20.6) |
6 months | 32.7 (29.4-36.0) | 25.3 (21.0-29.6) | 28.2 (24.6-31.8) | 28.5 (25.5-31.5) | 25.8 (22.6-29.0) | 22.5 (20.6-24.4) |
1 year | 8.7 (6.7-10.7) | 7.0 (4.5-9.5) | 9.4 (7.0-11.8) | 9.0 (7.1-10.9) | 12.2 (9.8-14.6) | 12.5 (11.0-14.0) |
2 years | 4.3 (2.9-5.7) | 8.8 (6.0-11.6) | 11.4 (8.8-14.0) | 5.9 (4.4-7.4) | 9.4 (7.3-11.5) | 10.6 (9.2-12.0) |
No prescription | 13.7 (11.3-16.1) | 22.1 (18.0-26.2) | 23.5 (20.1-26.9) | 24.8 (22.0-27.6) | 27.8 (24.5-31.1) | 35.6 (33.4-37.8) |