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Table 2 Poison ingested by paediatric patients admitted to hospitals in North Western Province from March 2011 to February 2013

From: Paediatric poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: an epidemiological study

 

Accidental poisoning

Deliberate self-poisoning n (%)

Unclassified N (%)

Age 1 to 6 years n (%)

Age 7 to 12 years n (%)

Age 7 to 12 years n (%)

Age 7 to 12 years n (%)

Hydrocarbon

86 (20.3%)

2 (0.5%)

2 (0.5%)

1 (0.2%)

Plant

71 (16.8%)

24 (5.7%)

16 (3.8%)

12 (2.8%)

Medicines

58 (13.7%)

9 (2.1%)

22 (5.2%)

1 (0.2%)

Agro chemicals

29 (6.8%)

5 (1.2%)

10 (2.4%)

1 (0.2%)

Other chemicals

11 (2.6%)

2 (0.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Unknown

36 (8.5%)

6 (1.4%)

5 (1.2%)

11 (2.6%)

  1. The total number is equal to 420 since age of the two patients was missing