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FIGURE 4. United Kingdom VSA-related deaths: Age distributi<strong>on</strong><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> deaths, 1971-1990.<br />

are available. This phenomen<strong>on</strong> (i.e., the disproporti<strong>on</strong>ate number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

males) is in marked c<strong>on</strong>trast to the limited data available <strong>on</strong> the<br />

prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> use, which appears to have a more even sex distributi<strong>on</strong>.<br />

This is discussed later in the chapter.<br />

Regi<strong>on</strong>al Distributi<strong>on</strong><br />

In the 10- to 24-year-old age group, from 1983 to 1991, Scotland had the<br />

highest rate—12.8 per milli<strong>on</strong> (95 percent c<strong>on</strong>fidence interval,<br />

10.8-15.2), followed by the North <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> England at 11.0 (95 percent<br />

c<strong>on</strong>fidence interval, 8.6-14.0) and Northern Ireland at 10.8 (95 percent<br />

c<strong>on</strong>fidence interval, 7.9-14.8) (figure 5). This c<strong>on</strong>trasts with rural East<br />

Anglia—3.2 (95 percent c<strong>on</strong>fidence interval, 2.3-6.3). Note, however,<br />

the wide c<strong>on</strong>fidence intervals associated with the relatively small<br />

numbers.<br />

PRODUCTS RESPONSIBLE FOR VSA-RELATED DEATHS IN<br />

THE UNITED KINGDOM<br />

Beauvais and Oetting (1987) argue that the anesthetic gases and alkyl<br />

nitrites should be excluded from c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> VSA because <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

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