Table 1 Demographic characteristics, patterns of poisoning and transfer rates of children with pesticide poisoning
From: Patterns of acute poisoning with pesticides in the paediatric age group
Variable | Retrospective study (n = 49) | THA study (n = 37) | DGHP study (n = 46) | RDHS study (n = 23) | Total (n = 155) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Male/female | 25:24 51%:49% | 23:14 62.1%:37.9% | 27:19 58.7%:41.3% | 17:6 73.9%:26.1% | 92:63 59.4%:40.6% |
2. <5 years:>5 years | 40:9 81.6%:18.4% | 25:12 65.6%:34.4% | 31:15 67.3%:32.7% | 18:5 78.2%:21.8% | 114:41 73.6%:26.4% |
3. Unintentional/intentional | 47:2 95.9%:4.1% | 31:6 83.2%:16.2% | 44:2 95.6%:4.4% | 22:1 95.6%:5.4% | 144:11 92.9%:7.1% |
4. Mortality | 1 (2%) | 1 (2.7%) | 1 (2.17%) | – | 3 (1.9%) |
5. Most common poison | Carbamates | OP | OP | OP | OP |
6. Transfer rate | 28 (57.1%) | 30 (81.1%) | 17 (37.0%) | 15 (65.2%) | 90 (58.1%) |