title: Mortality from suicide and drug-related poisoning by day of the week in England and Wales, 1993-2002.
abstract: This article describes the pattern of mortality by day of the week in deaths from suicide and drug-related poisoning. An increased proportion of suicides occurred on Mondays, while the single day on which the largest number of suicides occurred was 1st January 2000, a Saturday. Together these suggest an effect of entering a new time period. The pattern for drug-related poisonings varied according to the coroner's verdict. An increased proportion of deaths from drug abuse/dependence and accidental drug-related poisoning deaths occurred on Saturdays among males, while the most common day of death for drug-related poisoning deaths with a suicide verdict was Monday for both sexes.
authors.affiliation: Office for National Statistics.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: Cleo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rooney
mesh_terms: D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000401:mortality*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011041:Poisoning; D013405:Suicide; D014798:Vital Statistics; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology