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Unintentional Poisoning Deaths
Dallas County 1997-2013
Poisoning Deaths
Dallas County
Unintentional Poisoning Deaths and Rates*
1997-2013**
350
14.0
Number of Deaths
300
12.0
Rate
250
10.0
200
8.0
150
6.0
100
4.0
50
2.0
0
0.0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Year
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
*Age-Adjusted, Standard Population 2000
**Data from 2011-2013 is Preliminary
Missing data on 3 cases
From 1997-2013, there were 3351 unintentional poisoning deaths. Unintentional poisoning deaths
made up 27.4% of all unintentional deaths in Dallas County. The number of deaths has increased 4 fold
over this time period. The increase in unintentional poisoning deaths is statistically significant.
Comparison
Dallas County
Unintentional Motor Vehicle and Poisoning Deaths by Year
1997-2013**
N=6122
350
Motor Vehicle
Number of Deaths
300
Poisoning
250
197
176
200
136
150
100
187
256
206
150
218
188
145
178
156
72
80
179
193
193
254
272
291
295
244
222
210
192
153
162
146
164
101
115
115
134
142
50
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
**Data from 2011-2013 is Preliminary
Year
Historically, motor vehicle occupant deaths were the leading cause of unintentional deaths in Dallas
County. After 2003, the number of motor vehicle deaths began to decline as unintentional poisoning
deaths started to increase.
Rates per 100,000 Population
Deaths
Deaths by Gender
Dallas County
Unintentional Poisoning Death Rates* by Gender
1997-2013**
18.0
Rates per 100,000 Population
15.8
Male
16.0
14.6
13.7
Female
14.0
11.4
12.0
10.3
10.2
10.2
10.0
12.1
13.2
12.3
6.5
5.4
4.0
1.5
5.5
3.5
3.0
2.2
16.0
15.7
12.4
9.5
8.0
6.0
15.2
4.1
4.0
4.6
4.6
6.9
6.3
7.1
7.3
7.9
5.4
4.0
2.7
2.0
0.0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
*Age-Adjusted, Standard Population 2000
**Data from 2011-2013 is Preliminary
Missing data on 4 cases
Years
Overall, 72% of the victims were males. The death rate per 100,000 population for males has increased
almost 3 fold from 1997 to 2013. For, females the death rate has increased over 5 fold during the same
time period.
Deaths by Race/Ethnicity
Dallas County
Unintentional Poisoning Death Rates* by Race
1997-2013**
25.0
22.8
Rates per 100,000 Population
White
African American
20.0
19.3
Hispanic
17.0
15.6
13.0
15.0
8.4
10.0
4.5
5.0
3.9
3.8
3.4
0.0
19.9
4.3
9.7
4.4
11.4
8.8
8.3
7.0
9.1
3.1
8.7
3.1
8.7
2.6
13.9
13.1
11.4
8.7
3.7
2.5
3.5
15.7
14.3
15.6
15.4
13.3
15.0
14.3 10.6
12.0
11.5
4.6
5.6
6.3
5.1
3.8
4.1
4.5
4.8
2.7
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
*Age-Adjusted, Standard Population 2000
**Data from 2011-2013 is Preliminary
Missing data on 4 cases
Year
Fifty-four percent of the deaths were white, followed African Americans, Hispanic and other. The death
rate per 100,000 population indicates that the White population death rate has increase almost 6 fold
and the African American population by 4 fold. The increase in unintentional poisoning deaths for
whites and African Americans are statistically significant.
Deaths by Age Group
Dallas County
Unintentional Poisoning Deaths and Rates* by Age Group
1997-2013**
600
20.0
Deaths
Rates
Number of Deaths
18.0
16.0
14.0
400
12.0
300
10.0
8.0
200
6.0
4.0
100
Rates per 100,000 Population
500
2.0
0
0.0
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
*Rate based on 2010 Census
**Data from 2011-2013 is Preliminary
Missing data on 3 cases
Age Group
The average age of an unintentional poisoning victim was 40 years, and the age ranged from 0 years to
108 years. The majority of the deaths occurred among ages 35-54. The highest death rates per 100,000
population were among persons 40-54 years of age.
Deaths by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group
Dallas County
Unintentional Poisoning Death Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group
1997-2013**
Rates per 100,000 Population
35.0
30.0
25.0
White
African American
Hispanic
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
*Rates based on 2010 Census
**Data from 2011-2013 is Preliminary
Age Group
There is a different age profile of unintentional poisoning deaths by race. For the white population, the
highest death rate was in the 20-24 age group and peaks again among persons 45-49 years of age. In
the African American population, the highest death rate started at a later age than whites; the highest
death rate among African Americans was in ages 50-54. Among the Hispanic population, the highest
death rate peaked at ages 20-24.
Deaths by Day
Number of Deaths
Dallas County
Unintentional Poisoning by Day of Week*
1997-2013**
N=3351
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
325
Monday
306
291
Tuesday
Wednesday
450
332
346
Thursday
Friday
364
Saturday
Sunday
Day of Week
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
**Data from 2011-2103 is preliminary
<issing day data on 937 cases
* Day of week that injury occurred.
Thirty percent of the unintentional poisoning deaths occurred on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).
Deaths by Month
Dallas County
Unintentional Poisoning by Month*
1997-2013**
N = 3351
250
Number of Deaths
200
220
190
187
200
199
189
202
204
232
210
217
188
150
100
50
0
Source: Dallas County Medical Examiner Data
** Data from 2011-2013 is Preliminary
Missing month data on 937 cases
Month
December had the highest number of unintentional poisoning deaths and February had the lowest
number of deaths.
Deaths by Drugs
Dallas County
Drugs* included inUnintentional Poisoning Deaths
2011 and 2013
N=782
120
2011
101101
96
Number of Deaths
100
2013
80
65
65
59
60
45
42 41
40
28
19
20
17
12
21
25 28
29
14
0
Alcohol
Benzo
*For some cases, more than one drug was
Cocaine Heroin
Meth
Mixed
Drugs
Opiates Opiates
RX
Other
Drugs
Drugs associated with unintentional poisoning deaths were reviewed and tallied for 2011 and 2013. In
Dallas County, the majority of drugs coded were Heroin, Cocaine and methamphetamines.