"Figure 9: The number of accidental deaths (hanging or poisoning) with hard-to-code narrative conclusions fell in 2019",""
"Percentage difference in the number of accidental deaths (hanging or poisoning) that had a hard-to-code narrative conclusion, comparing 2018 and 2019 registrations to the average number of deaths in the five years before the standard of proof change (2013)",""
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"Notes","1. Deaths that had hard-to-code narrative conclusions (see [Section 10: Glossary](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/changeinthestandardofproofusedbycoronersandtheimpactonsuicidedeathregistrationsdatainenglandandwales/2020-12-08#glossary)) where the underlying cause was accidental hanging, or accidental poisoning, based on the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10, codes W75 – W76, and X40 - X49 respectively). The National Statistics definition of suicide (see Section 8: glossary) includes deaths from these two underlying causes.
2. Data is for deaths certified by coroners only and those aged 10 years and above
3. Figures for England and Wales include deaths of non-residents, based on the latest postcode boundaries "
"Unit","
Percentage difference"
"",""
"","Accidental hangings and poisonings with hard-to-code narrative conclusions"
"% difference comparing 2018 registrations
to 2013 to 2017 average","9.5"
"% difference comparing 2019 registrations
to 2013 to 2017 average","-8.2"