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<p>Data on deaths is collected by the Office for National Statistics and is not centrally
held by the Department. However, figures for admissions where the primary cause was
poisoning with a chemical that may be considered a painkiller are given in the following
table and broken down by chemical type.</p><p> </p><p>A count of finished admission
episodes (FAEs)<sup>1</sup>, with a primary diagnosis<sup>2</sup> of poisoning due
to painkillers<sup>3</sup> from the provisional data April 2017 to February 2018<sup>4,5</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Primary Diagnosis and Description</p></td><td><p>2017/18
(April 2017 to February 2018)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T39.0</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Salicylates</p></td><td><p>1,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T39.1</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
4-Aminophenol derivatives</p></td><td><p>38,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T39.2</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Pyrazolone derivatives</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T39.3</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)</p></td><td><p>4,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T39.4</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Antirheumatics, not elsewhere classified</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T39.8</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Other nonopioid analgesics and antipyretics, not elsewhere classified</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T39.9</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Nonopioid analgesic, antipyretic and antirheumatic, unspecified</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.0</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Opium</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.1</p></td><td><p>Poisoning: Heroin</p></td><td><p>1,792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.2</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Other opioids</p></td><td><p>8,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.3</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Methadone</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.4</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Other synthetic narcotics</p></td><td><p>2,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.5</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Cocaine</p></td><td><p>1,184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.6</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Other and unspecified narcotics</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.7</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Cannabis (derivatives)</p></td><td><p>321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.8</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Lysergide (LSD)</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T40.9</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Other and unspecified psychodysleptics (hallucinogens)</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T41.0</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Inhaled anaesthetics</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T41.1</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Intravenous anaesthetics</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T41.2</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Other and unspecified general anaesthetics</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T41.3</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Local anaesthetics</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T41.4</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Anaesthetic, unspecified</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>T41.5</p></td><td><p>Poisoning:
Therapeutic gases</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>58,639</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Finished
admission episodes</p><p>A FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant
within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which
the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients,
as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>Primary
diagnosis</p><p>The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to
2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides
the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>Poisoning
due to painkillers</p><p>ICD-10 Clinical codes relating to Poisoning due to painkillers:</p><p>T39
- Poisoning by nonopioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics</p><p>T40 - Poisoning
by narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens)</p><p>T41 - Poisoning by anaesthetics
and therapeutic gases</p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>Assessing growth through time (Inpatients)</p><p>HES
figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need
to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly
in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly
from 2006-07) and changes in National Health Service practice. For example, changes
in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.</p><p> </p><p><sup>5</sup>Provisional
data</p><p>The data is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which
no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely
to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall
will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, i.e. November from
the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are
not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period.
There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated
and corrected.</p>
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