Source: Centers for Disease Control
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Accidental Poisonings by Analgesics, Antipyretics, and Antirheumatics (1979-1998) | ||||
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ICD-9 Code | Code Description | Example Drugs | Total Deaths | % of Category |
850.0 | Opiates and related narcotics | Codeine, Heroin, Methadone, Morphine, Opium | 22,735 | 75.77 |
850.1 | Salicylates | Aspirin, Salicylic acid salts | 1,204 | 4.01 |
850.2 | Aromatic analgesics | acetaminophen, acetophenetidin | 1,144 | 3.81 |
850.3 | Pyrazole derivatives | amidopyrine, phenylbutazone | 26 | 0.09 |
850.4 | Antirheumatics | Gold salts, Indomethacin | 64 | 0.21 |
850.5 | Other non-narcotic analgesics | Pyrabital | 1,808 | 6.03 |
850.8 | Other | Pentazocine (Percoset) | 2,963 | 9.87 |
850.9 | Unspecified | -- | 63 | 0.21 |
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