Undetermined Intent

The classification of a violent death or injury as undetermined, rather than labeling it as suicide, which would have a vastly different effect on the grieving survivors

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Other causes included intentional selfpoisoning, drug abuse and undetermined intent.

HOTSPOT IN DRUG DEATHS EPIDEMIC; SUBSTANCE MISUSE TRAGEDIES Shock increase in number of users dying

* Includes deaths from all intents (i.e., unintentional injuries, suicides, homicides, deaths of undetermined intent, and deaths attributed to legal intervention).

Percentage of Injury Deaths That Occurred in the Decedent's Home for the Five Most Common Causes of Injury Death--United States, 2016

The new figures were released by Scottish Public Health Observatory, and include "events of undetermined intent".

Suicide rates on the slide

With regard to mortality, measures were taken together with the Instituto Medico Legal (the coroner's Office) to improve the registration of the external cause of death and reduce the proportion of deaths where the cause is classified as event of undetermined intent.

Institutionalizing the theme of violence within Brazil's national health system: progress and challenges

accidental discharge, 851; suicide, 19,766; homicide, 11,101; undetermined intent, 222.

Focus on demand, too

Ten percent of deaths were of undetermined intent and 1.3 percent involved legal intervention, which is defined as deaths caused by law enforcement or other people with legal authority to use deadly force.

Violent deaths led by suicide, homicide

In England and Wales, suicide is defined as deaths given an underlying cause of intentional self-harm or injury/poisoning of undetermined intent. The figures from the Office for National Statistics are for persons aged between 10 and 34 years old and deaths of non-residents are excluded.

Number of under-35s taking own life goes up

We included all cases in which the underlying cause of death was ascribed to cause-specific codes in the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) [13] that referred to a gunshot injury, whether intentionally (including self-harm and assault) or unintentionally inflicted or inflicted with undetermined intent (Table 1).

Where have all the gun deaths gone?

The National Statistics definition of suicide includes deaths given an underlying cause of intentional selfharm or an injury/poisoning of undetermined intent.

Forties the danger spot as suicides soar in men of all ages; Charities are calling for the Welsh Government to invest in mental health services and make them a priority as male suicide rates are now at their highest since 1981

It was considered as outcome variable the intentionality of deaths (accidental causes, intentional causes, legal intervention and undetermined intent).

Cases of fatal accidents and violence among children, adolescents and young people: perception of the family and associated factors/Casos fatais de acidentes e violencias entre criancas, adolescentes e jovens: percepcao da familia e fatores associados

However, in 2012-13 there were just over 9,600 admissions in NHS hospitals in Wales for "intentional self-harm or an event of an undetermined intent" - down by nearly 11% on 2011-12.

Suicide rate in Wales remains higher than UK's; AM urges more action on 'worrying' figures

The majority of deaths were suicides (62.8 percent) followed by homicides and deaths caused by law enforcement using deadly force (24.4 percent), deaths of undetermined intent (12.2 percent), and unintentional firearm deaths (0.7 percent).