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Trends in Accidental Drug Overdose Deaths (1999 - 2007)

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Public Use Mortality Data Files

Trends in Drug Induced Deaths -- Deaths Due to Accidental Poisoning (1999 - 2007)
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Underlying Cause of Death
(ICD-10 Codes) 		Number % of Total Number % of Total Number % of Total Number % of Total Number % of Total Number % of Total Number % of Total Number % of Total Number % of Total
Narcotics and Psychodysleptics
(X42) 		6,009 31.41 6,139 31.13 6,509 29.99 8,264 31.74 9,231 32.14 9,798 31.90 11,050 32.94 13,302 34.64 13,030 33.96
Other and Unspecified
(X44) 		4,286 22.41 4,672 23.69 5,525 25.45 6,861 26.35 7,611 26.50 8,506 27.70 9,653 28.78 11,350 29.56 12,783 33.31
Various Medications
(X41) 		671 3.51 704 3.57 763 3.52 1,024 3.93 1,205 4.20 1,300 4.23 1,496 4.46 1,486 3.87 1,545 4.03
Nonopioid Analgesics
(X40) 		168 0.88 176 0.89 208 0.96 222 0.85 210 0.73 212 0.69 226 0.67 246 0.64 290 0.76
Other ANS Drugs
(X43) 		21 0.11 21 0.11 19 0.09 23 0.09 37 0.13 22 0.07 23 0.07 16 0.04 10 0.03
Deaths in Category 11,155 11,712 13,024 16,394 18,294 19,838 22,448 26,400 27,658

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