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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Psychoactive substances in natural and unnatural deaths in Norway and Sweden – a study on victims of suicide and accidents compared with natural deaths in psychiatric patients

 

Total

Norway

Sweden

Total number of cases (n)

1200

600

600

 Natural deaths

 

200

200

 Suicides

200

200

 Accidents

200

140

 Undetermined manner of death

0

60

Performed autopsy (n)

808 (67%)

325 (54%)

483 (81%)

 Natural deaths

 

32 (16%)

108 (54%)

 Suicides

136 (68%)

192 (96%)

 Accidents

157 (79%)

124 (89%)

 Undetermined manner of death

 

59 (98%)