§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is her calculation of the numbers of people who died as the result of the use of medicinal drugs in each of the last 10 years(a) accidentally, (b) in suicide or self-inflicted injury or (c) in injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted; and which drug each death involved.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe table shows the number of people who have died as a result of poisoning by drugs, medicaments, and biological substances1(ICD 960–979) in the last 10 years in England and Wales, under the headings of accidental, suicide and self-inflicted injury, and injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted. The drugs implicated in these deaths are published each year in tables nine and 10 of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys publication series DH4, which is available in the Library.
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1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 965 Accident 137 148 116 112 144 124 138 176 191 244 Suicide and self inflicted injury 453 417 383 412 326 332 287 319 314 372 Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted 145 161 153 174 218 219 221 221 248 259 977 Accident 55 51 36 50 61 54 50 73 72 101 Suicide and self inflicted injury 181 153 156 155 167 133 121 135 130 129 Injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted 54 54 61 85 76 103 84 78 92 82 1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.