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Poisoning-associated Deaths for England and Wales between 1973 and 1980

Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 8NP

R.C. Blackmore

Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory, Hinchingbrooke Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 8NP

L.A. King

Home Office Forensic Science Laboratory, Sandbeck Way, Audby Lane, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS22 4DN

A.C. Moffat

Central Research Establishment, Home Office Forensic Science Service, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PN

1 The annual number of deaths in England and Wales associated with poisoning by solids and liquids over the 8-year period between 1973 and 1980 has remained fairly constant with an average of 2897.

2 Marked trends in the number of deaths associated with specific drugs are evident and apparently reflect prescription trends and drug availability.

3 Barbiturate poisonings dropped steadily following the downward trend in barbiturate prescriptions.

4 Deaths associated with dextropropoxyphene, paracetamol and certain benzodiazepines increased dramatically.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 3, No. 3, 201-221 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718400300305


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