Table 4 Adjusted drug involvement by manner of death and change vs. reported proportiona
From: Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1999–2012: a statistical adjustment analysis
Drug category | % [95 % CI] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accidental | Intentional | Undetermined intent | ||||
Adjustedb | % Differencec | Adjustedb | % Differencec | Adjustedb | % Differencec | |
1999 | ||||||
Narcotics | 86.9 [86.0–87.7] | 29.9 [28.6–31.2] | 36.2 [33.3–39.2] | 52.2 [40.1–64.9] | 81.0 [78.6–83.4] | 18.8 [15.4–22.3] |
Opioid analg. | 34.6 [33.2–36.0] | 33.1 [27.7–38.5] | 28.9 [26.1–31.7] | 52.1 [37.2–66.9] | 25.7 [23.0–28.4] | 23.1 [10.2–35.9] |
Other narcotics | 68.6 [67.4–69.9] | 36.0 [33.5–38.4] | 9.8 [7.9–11.6] | 62.9 [32.0–93.7] | 63.1 [60.3–65.8] | 19.8 [14.6–25.0] |
Sedatives | 13.3 [12.2–14.4] | 67.6 [53.6–81.7] | 30.8 [28.0–33.7] | 62.0 [47.0–77.1] | 10.7 [8.5–12.9] | 56.8 [24.5–89.2] |
Psychotropics | 15.9 [14.7–17.0] | 46.7 [36.2–57.2] | 45.0 [42.0–48.0] | 55.7 [45.3–66.1] | 18.8 [16.2–21.3] | 40.2 [21.0–59.4] |
Other specified | 6.9 [6.2–7.6] | 17.5 [5.8–29.1] | 18.7 [16.3–21.1] | 45.4 [26.9–64.0] | 5.9 [4.3–7.6] | 48.2 [7.2–89.1] |
Unspecified | 33.1 [31.8–34.4] | −32.6 [−29.9 – −35.2] | 55.0 [52.1–57.9] | −16.4 [−12.0 – −20.9] | 25.0 [22.4–27.5] | −31.3 [−24.3 – −38.4] |
>1 Drug classd | 30.1 [28.7–31.5] | 57.8 [50.4–65.3] | 33.6 [30.5–36.7] | 92.9 [75.2–110.6] | 22.6 [19.8–25.4] | 59.5 [39.8–79.2] |
2012 | ||||||
Narcotics | 87.4 [86.9–87.8] | 32.9 [32.2–33.6] | 44.4 [42.5–46.3] | 38.7 [32.8–44.6] | 76.9 [74.7–79.1] | 35.8 [32.0–39.6] |
Opioid analg. | 56.5 [55.8–57.3] | 41.4 [39.6–43.3] | 40.0 [38.1–41.9] | 39.6 [33.1–46.2] | 57.7 [55.1–60.3] | 38.5 [32.3–44.8] |
Other narcotics | 43.9 [43.2–44.6] | 36.3 [34.0–38.5] | 6.2 [5.2–7.1] | 40.3 [18.7–62.0] | 30.8 [28.4–33.1] | 39.0 [28.3–49.6] |
Sedatives | 29.7 [29.0–30.4] | 64.8 [60.7–68.9] | 36.2 [34.3–38.0] | 48.6 [40.9–56.2] | 24.6 [22.2–27.0] | 56.4 [41.1–71.7] |
Psychotropics | 23.6 [23.0–24.3] | 44.8 [40.8–48.9] | 41.4 [39.5–43.3] | 46.9 [40.2–53.6] | 27.0 [24.6–29.5] | 50.9 [37.3–64.6] |
Other specified | 8.2 [7.8–8.7] | 51.8 [43.9–59.8] | 28.8 [27.1–30.5] | 33.4 [25.5–41.3] | 8.9 [7.3–10.5] | 46.6 [20.2–73.0] |
Unspecified | 32.2 [31.5–32.9] | −33.3 [−31.9 – −34.8] | 48.6 [46.7–50.4] | −18.2 [−15.1 – −21.3] | 30.6 [28.2–32.9] | −35.4 [−30.5 – −40.4] |
>1 Drug classd | 43.2 [42.4–44.0] | 60.2 [57.3–63.1] | 43.3 [41.3–45.2] | 56.6 [49.7–63.6] | 39.2 [36.5–41.9] | 53.2 [42.8–63.7] |