Annualized rates for selected cause-specific manners of death and specific drug citation by state/death investigation system type: United States, 2008–2010.

a Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient (Rho) for drug-intoxication suicide rates and combined accident and undetermined intent drug-intoxication death rates = 0.38 (p<0.01). b Includes drug-intoxication homicides. Source: Warner M, Paulozzi LJ, Nolte KB, Davis GG, Nelson LS. State variation in certifying manner of death and drugs involved in drug-intoxication deaths. Acad Forensic Pathol. 2013; 3(2): 231–237. Annualized rates for selected cause-specific manners of death and specific drug citation by state/death investigation system type: United States, 2008–2010.