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Drug Poisoning:
Trends and Current StatusUS, England & Wales, Canada
Lois A. FingerhutUS, National Center for Health Statistics
Clare GriffithsUK, Office of National Statistics
Kathryn WilkinsCanada, Statistics Canada
• ICD-9 vs ICD-10
• Underlying cause: external cause codes (X & Y codes)
• Multiple cause: T codes for substances
• Mental health “F” codes
•Nondependent abuse
•Dependent abuse
•Alcohol intoxication (not included here)
• Adverse effects codes (not included here)
Definitional issues: Drug poisoning mortality
ICD-9 vs ICD-10Substance selection
• ICD-9 underlying cause codes for poisoning more specific than ICD-10 codes
• ICD-10, to get specific substances
• Literals from the death certificate
•Code the multiple cause data
ICD mortality coding by country
ICD-9-UCOD
ICD-10-UCOD
Substance-specific
England and Wales
1990-2000
2001-2002 Literals from text files
Canada 1990-1999
2000-2002 From under-lying cause
United States
1990- 1998
1999-2002 Multiple cause coding
ICD ‘definitions’ of drug poisoningICD-10
Nondependent abuse of drugs 305.2-.9 F11-16, 18-19 (not .2)
Dependent abuse 304 F11-16,18-19(.2)
Unintentional E850-E858 X40-X44
Suicide E950(.0-5) X60-X64
Undetermined E980(.0-.5) Y10-Y14
Homicide E962.0 X85
[Alcohol intoxication 305.0 F10.0]
ICD-9
Drug poisoning death rates: US, 2002
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
Under15
15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+
Death
s p
er
100,0
00 p
op Unintentional
Suicide
Undetermined
DAD
NDAD
Drug poisoning deaths, ages 35-54
2
9
3
9 8
51
29
61
33
29
15
11
24
13
2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Canada 99-02 E&W 93-02 US 99-02
Perc
en
t o
f all
dru
g d
eath
s
Dependent AbuseNon-dependent abuseUnintentionalSuicideUndetermined
Drug poisoning death rates,males 35-54 years
1
10
100
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Dea
ths
per
100
,000
po
pu
lati
on
US
Canada
E&W
Drug poisoning death rates, males, 25-34 years
1
10
100
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Death
s p
er
100,0
00 p
op
ula
tio
n
E&W
US
Canada
Drug poisoning death rates, females, 35-54 years
1
10
100
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Death
s p
er
100,0
00 p
op
ula
tio
n
E&W
US
Canada
Abuse-related (mental health codes)
death rates, males 35-54 years
0.01
0.1
1
10
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Dea
ths
per
100,
000
pop
Canada nondep abuse Canada depend abuse E&W nondep abuseE&W depend abuse US nondep abuse US depend abuse
Canada: Leading substance categories based on underlying
cause of death: No further specificity available
1)Opiates and related narcotics
2)Tranquilizers and other psychotropic agents
3)Local anaesthetics (includes cocaine)
England & Wales: Leading specified substances mentioned in drug deaths for
those 35-54 years: [not ICD coded]: 1993-2002
1) Antidepressants (23%)
2) Paracetamol (22%)
3) Heroin/morphine (17%)
4) Methadone (9%)
5) Benzodiazepines (7%)
US: Leading specified substances mentioned in drug deaths for those 35-54
years: 20021. Cocaine T40.5: 25%
2. Other specified opioids T40.2: 21%
3. Antidepressants T43.0-T43.2: 11%
4. Alcohol T51: 11%
5. Carbon Monoxide T58: 8%
6. Heroin T40.1: 10%
7. Benzodiazepines T42.4: 9%
8. Methadone T40.3 10%
Next Steps
• Recommend adding certain ICD codes from Mental and Behavioral Disorders (F10-F19) to classification of poisoning deaths
•Nondependent abuse?
•Dependent abuse?
•Alcohol intoxication?
• Drug status- legal/illegal use
•International variation- a topic to be researched….
Questions…
•Lois A Fingerhut: US NCHS
•Clare Griffiths UK ONS
•Kathryn Wilkins Canada Statistics Canada