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Table 1 Papers that reported more than 100 deaths from poison

From: Importance of pesticides for lethal poisoning in India during 1999 to 2018: a systematic review

Year (mid study period)

location

Type of poisoning

Number of Deaths

Paper

2003

Bhopal

Aluminium phosphide

1455

[19]

2001

Rewa

Aluminium phosphide

112

[54]

2001

Rewa

Aluminium phosphide

122

[53]

2001

Chandigarh

Aluminium phosphide

359

[21]

1999

Chandigarh

Aluminium phosphide

Insecticide

327

127

[22]

1999

Chandigarh

Aluminium phosphide

595

[24]

2000

Ujjain

Organophosphate

117

[27]

2000

West Bengal

Pesticide

148

[30]

2002

Karnataka

Insecticide

286

[34]

2002

Karnataka

Organophosphate

187

[35]

1999

Yavatmal

Pesticide

Organochlorine

526

145

[40]

1999

Andra Pradesh

Pesticide

228

[47]

1998

Tamil Nadu

Pesticide

961

[44]

2001

Tamil Nadu

Pesticide

258

[45]

2007

Jhansi

Hair dye (paraphenylenediamine (PPD)

311

[71]

2005

Surat,

Pesticide

116

[74]

2004

Yavatmal

Insecticide

103

[78]

2008

Tamil Nadu

Pesticide

149

[81]

2008

Chandigarh

Aluminium phosphide

449

[91]

2010

Lucknow

Carbamate

110

[112]

2012

Himachal Pradesh

Pesticide

390

[123]

2013

Karnataka

Organophosphate

245

[137]

2012

Karnataka

Organophosphate

100

[140]

2012

Kerala

Organophosphate

219

[141]

2012

Maharashtra

Organophosphate

141

[157]

2018

Punjab

Aluminium phosphide

403

[169]

2016

Kanpur

Organophosphate

Organochlorine

139

104

[177]

2015

Valsad

Organophosphate

106

[179]

2014

Tamil Nadu

Organophosphate

118

[185]