Crowe M T
Med Sci Law. 1989 Apr;29(2):124-9. doi: 10.1177/002580248902900207.
The records of all deaths due to poisoning investigated by the Leeds University Department of Forensic Medicine, over an eleven-year period between 1977 and 1987, were studied. There were 422 cases consisting of 208 males and 214 females. Two of these cases were homicidal in nature (both were unconnected cases of children poisoned with amitriptyline). Only 12 were accidental and the rest either suicidal or para-suicidal. More than 20% of cases had recorded blood ethanol levels greater than the legal driving limit of 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. The results show a steady decrease in the number of deaths from poisoning over this period, due mainly to falls in self-poisonings from barbiturates and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Curiously, the number of carbon monoxide poisonings was the same in 1987 as 1977. Some interesting trends and sex variations have also been highlighted.
对利兹大学法医学系在1977年至1987年这十一年间调查的所有中毒致死记录进行了研究。共有422例，其中男性208例，女性214例。这些案例中有两例性质为他杀（均为儿童意外服用阿米替林中毒的不相关案例）。只有12例是意外中毒，其余的要么是自杀要么是准自杀。超过20%的案例记录的血液乙醇水平高于每100毫升血液80毫克酒精的法定驾驶限值。结果显示，在此期间中毒死亡人数稳步下降，主要是由于巴比妥类药物和非甾体抗炎药导致的自我中毒事件减少。奇怪的是，1987年一氧化碳中毒的人数与1977年相同。还突出显示了一些有趣的趋势和性别差异。
