Opioid-related poisoning deaths in Québec, 2000 to 2009 / : Décès attribuables aux intoxications par opioïdes au Québec, 2000 à 2009

Objectives Determine the opioid-related poisoning death rates in Québec and describe the temporal evolution of the phenomenon by age, gender of the deceased, manner of death, and type of opioid involved. [...] The objective of this study is to determine the opioid-related poisoning death rate in Québec and to describe its temporal evolution by age, gender of the deceased, manner of death, and type of opioid involved. [...] Since 2000, the rules of the 10th revision (ICD-10) have been in force to codify the causes of death in the RED/D and the BDIBCQ. [...] Institut national de santé publique du Québec 3 Opioid related Poisoning Deaths in Québec: 2000 to 2009 2.3 IDENTIFICATION OF DEATHS ATTRIBUTABLE TO POISONING LINKED TO MEDICATIONS AND DRUGS Among the fatal poisonings, those linked to medications and drugs were identified by means of the codes 960-979 recorded as the underlying cause of death for the years 1990 to 1999, while the codes T36-T50 rec [...] The increase in the medications and drugs related poisoning rate accelerated markedly in the early 2000s, in all likelihood because of the increase in opioid-related poisoning deaths among both men and women.