Demographic characteristics, fatal poisonings, New Jersey, 2003
| Manner of death, n = 679 (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unintentional | Suicide | Undetermined | All poisonings | |
| Column percents are shown. Statistical tests are reported in the text. Excludes out of state residents and out of state deaths. | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| Male (n = 502) | 79.0 | 57.0 | 51.4 | 74.0 |
| Female (n = 177) | 21.0 | 43.0 | 48.6 | 26.0 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic white (n = 497) | 70.0 | 83.2 | 91.4 | 73.2 |
| Non-Hispanic black (n = 125) | 21.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 18.4 |
| Hispanic (n = 44) | 7.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| Asian (n = 4) | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15–24 (n = 70) | 11.73 | 3.7 | 8.6 | 10.3 |
| 25–44 (n = 358) | 56.24 | 35.5 | 51.4 | 52.7 |
| 45–64 (n = 233) | 30.91 | 50.5 | 37.1 | 34.3 |
| 65+ (n = 18) | 1.1 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married (n = 127) | 16.6 | 28.0 | 22.9 | 18.7 |
| Divorced or Separated (n = 108) | 14.2 | 25.2 | 14.3 | 15.9 |
| Never married (n = 319) | 50.7 | 31.8 | 37.1 | 47.0 |
| Total (n) | 537 | 107 | 35 | 679 |