This is a residual category and includes all external causes of death not included in categories elsewhere.

See also Map 5 All external deaths.

On both the male and female maps, south and mid Wales are immediately striking. The highest SMRs for females are clustered around Mansfield, followed by Lancashire, Nottingham and the Jurassic coast area of southern England. Male clusters are found in London, Cambridge, Northampton and Bedford.

This category includes a veritable assortment of miscellaneous accidental causes of death, such as: complications associated with artificial fertilisation; collisions involving animals, riders of animals, or horse-drawn vehicles; falls involving ice-skates, skis, roller-skates or skateboards; being struck by a falling object or sports equipment; contact with a non-powered hand tool (for example, axe, can-opener, chisel); contact with a powered lawnmower; contact with powered hand tools and household machinery (for example, chainsaw, sewing machine); explosion and rupture of pressurised tyre, pipe or hose; foreign body entering into or through eye or other natural orifice; foreign body or object entering through skin; striking against or bumping into another person; being bitten or struck by dog or other mammal; being bitten or stung by non-venomous insect or other non-venomous arthropods; contact with plant thorns, spines or sharp leaves; accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed; being confined to or trapped in a low-oxygen environment; exposure to excessive heat, cold or high or low air pressure; contact with hot drinks, hot water or other hot fluids; contact with hot household appliances, radiators or pipes; contact with hornets, wasps and bees; contact with venomous arthropods; exposure to excessive natural heat (includes sunstroke); victim of lightning, avalanche, landslide or other earth movements; and overexertion and strenuous or repetitive movements (such as marathon running, rowing).

Excluding unspecified cause, the largest single cause of death in this category is death due to accidental suffocation (including accidental strangulation), accounting for 11% of deaths.