§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents have been recorded in each of the past 10 years of(a) suicide, (b) parasuicide and (c) accidental death as a result of overdoses of drugs containing paracetemol.
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§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 4 December 1989]: The information is not available in the exact form requested. The available information is shown in the table.
Number of deaths from poisoning by drugs containing paracetamol which were (a) suicides, (b) undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted, and (c) accidenal, in England and Wales, 1977–87 Deaths Year (a) Suicide (b) Undetermined (c) Accident 1977 92 41 32 1978 127 45 36 1979 126 33 30 1980 109 37 26 1 1981 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1982 105 40 33 1983 117 40 27 1984 118 55 25 1985 138 54 32 1986 138 68 31 1987 116 87 35 1 Not available due to industrial action by registration officers.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents have been recorded in each of the past 10 years of(a) suicide, (b) parasuicide and (c) accidental death as a result of overdoses of drugs available (i) on prescription and (ii) over the counter to the general public.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 4 December 1989]: The information is not available in the exact form requested. The available information is shown in the tables.
Deaths from drug1 poisoning: suicidal, accidental and undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted, England and Wales, 1979–88. Table (a) E9502: Suicide and self-inflicted injury by solid or liquid substances. Year Deaths 1979 1,525 1980 1,479 1981 1,416 1982 1,286 1983 1,219 1984 1,099 1985 1,031 1986 1,011 1987 902 1988 913 E950.0 Analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics
E950.1 Barbiturates
E950.2 Other sedatives and hypnotics
E950.3 Tranquillizers and other psychotropic agents
E950.4 Other specified drugs and medicaments
E950.5 Other drug or medicament
Table (b) E850—E8581: Accidental poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biologicals Year Deaths 1979 436 1980 427 1981 423 1982 445 1983 376 1984 375 1985 309 1986 319 1987 342 1988 327 E850 Accidental poisoning by analgesics, antipyretics, antirheumatics
284WE851 Accidental poisoning by barbiturates
E850 Accidental poisoning by other sedatives and hypnotics
E853 Accidental poisoning by tranquillizers
E854 Accidental poisoning by other psychotropic agents
E855 Accidental poisoning by other drugs acting on central and autonomic nervous systems
E856 Accidental poisoning by antibiotics
E858 Accidental poisoning by other drugs
Table (c) Poisoning by solid or liquid substances, undertermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted E9802 Year Deaths 1979 566 1980 507 1981 435 1982 465 1983 418 1984 441 1985 444 1986 555 1987 564 1988 602 E980.0 Analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics. E980.1 Barbiturates. E980.2 Other sedatives and hypnotics. E980.3 Tranquillizers and other pyschotropic agents. E980.4 Other specified drugs and medicaments. E980.5 Unspecified drug or medicament. 1 International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision. 2 All categories (except that relating to barbiturates) include some drugs available only on prescription and others available over the counter to the general public.