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The PIC researches all reported paracetamol deaths in England and Wales to determine those actually due to, or probably due to, hepatic necrosis, and together with other criteria determines a figure as accurate as possible for deaths caused by paracetamol overdose, based on the returns to the Registrar General*.
Paracetamol Deaths
(Certain/Probable Hepatic Necrosis)
England and Wales
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Year
|
Paracetamol
alone
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Paracetamol
plus
other
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Deaths
|
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1991
|
142
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6
|
148
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1992
|
138
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6
|
144
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1993
|
122
|
4
|
126
|
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1994
|
111
|
4
|
115
|
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1995
|
114
|
8
|
122
|
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1996
|
120
|
6
|
126
|
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1997
|
150
|
9
|
159
|
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1998
|
138
|
6
|
144
|
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1999
|
106
|
10
|
116
|
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2000
|
87
|
7
|
94
|
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2001
|
99
|
8
|
107
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2002
|
85
|
3
|
88
|
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2003
|
86
|
1
|
87
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2004
|
94
|
4
|
98
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*We thank the Office for National Statistics for supplying data.
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