Comparing intent: unintentional, homicides, suicides and undetermined cause
Please see problems analysing intent regarding the following analysis. Comparing intent 2003 (Northern Ireland 2002): 14,212 (65%) of the 21,745 injury deaths were classified as unintentional, 223 (1%) were classified as homicides, 4,668 (22%) were classified as suicides and 2,583 (12%) were classified as undetermined. Note that the ‘ICE’ categories do not include classifications relating to legal intervention, such as police action, or operations of war. These classifications should account for the remaining 59 deaths. The regions particularly varied in the proportion of deaths occurring in each category. The West Midlands had the highest percentage of deaths classified as unintentional (71%), closely followed by the East Midlands (70%) and East of England (70%), and London had the lowest proportion (56%). Scotland had the highest percentage of deaths classified as homicides (5%), followed by Northern Ireland (4%) and the Republic of Ireland (2%). The Republic of Ireland had the highest percentage of deaths classified as suicides (32%), closely followed by Northern Ireland (28%). London had by far the highest proportion classified as undetermined (22%).
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