Deaths from drugs and poisons.
In the eight years from 1975 to 1982, 11 262 ***coronial**autopsies were performed in the School of Medicine, Auckland. Three hundred and ninety-four of the deaths were due to the action of a drug or poison. In this paper we examine the motives and circumstances, age and sex distribution, drugs used and other aspects of these 394 deaths.
D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000506:poisoning; D001344:Autopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000401:mortality*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D013405:Suicide