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Table 3 Causes of death by treatment level and sex

From: Five-year mortality after acute poisoning treated in ambulances, an Emergency outpatient clinic and hospitals in Oslo

 

Ambulance

Outpatient clinic

Hospital

Total

 

Males

Total

Males

Total

Males

Total

Males

Total

 

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Accident

40

(9)

54

(8)

22

(5)

28

(4)

11

(4)

19

(3)

73

(7)

101

(5)

Cardiovascular

14

(3)

17

(2)

12

(3)

14

(2)

9

(3)

13

(2)

34

(3)

44

(2)

Suicide

5

(1)

7

(1)

2

(<0.5)

6

(1)

7

(2)

19

(3)

14

(1)

32

(2)

Cancer

6

(1)

9

(1)

7

(2)

10

(2)

5

(2)

8

(1)

18

(1)

27

(1)

Other

20

(4)

25

(4)

25

(6)

28

(4)

11

(3)

28

(4)

56

(5)

81

(4)

Total

85

(19)

112

(16)

68

(16)

86

(13)

43

(14)

87

(12)

196

(17)

285

(14)

  1. Among the suicides, 17 (53%) were by poisoning and 10 (31%) were by hanging.
  2. Other included 20 patients dying of alcohol or opioid dependence.
  3. Causes of death in 2045 patients treated for acute poisoning in Oslo in 2003.