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Standardised Rate per 100,000 populationFigure 6dTrends in mortality rates for suicides and undetermined injuries by broadage group, females, 5 year rates 1983-1987 to 2004-2008, Dudley454035302520151050Under 15 15-34 35-54 55-74 75+Source: Office of National Statistics (ONS) Annual Deaths ExtractOffice of National Statistics (ONS) mid-year population estimatesPatterns of mortality by intent, within mechanismIn 2004-2008, the majority of falls and fractures were unintentional (91% for malesand 89% for females) (Figure 7a and 8a). If it is assumed that the deaths fromosteoporosis were also unintentional, then all fall and fractures for males would beunintentional and 99% for females. The majority of deaths from suffocation weresuicides of undetermined intent, though 5% and 25% for males and femalesrespectively were unintentional. Poisoning was split across four main intents – drugabuse/dependence (52% for males and 25% for females), unintentional (23% and29%), suicide (15% and 4%) and undetermined intent (11% and 42%). Whencompared to the period 10 years earlier there has been a shift for mortality frompoisoning for females away from drug abuse/dependence (from 41% in 1994-1998 to25% in 2004-2008), with the opposite true for males (increasing from 27% in 1994-1998 to 52% in 2004-2008). All deaths due to transport incidents were unintentional.This is directly a result of the ICD coding guidelines (ONS, 2006).160