Citation

Shetty VB, Pawar GS, Inamadar PI. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2008; 2(2): 26-28.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

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Abstract

Morbidity and mortality due to poisoning is a world wide problem. The pattern poisoning varies from Country to country, place to place and changes over a period of time due to various reasons. The present study is a prospective study conducted in District and Al - Ameen Medical college hospitals of Bijapur (North Karnataka) during 2004-2005. Total 229 poisoning cases were studied from OPD to IPD, followed from admission to recovery or death in a systematic manner. All these cases were analyzed with an objective of knowing age & sex distribution of victims, commonest type of poison, the manner of poisoning, occupation, and also the rural & urban trends. Among 229 cases, male (51.15%) predominated females (42.85%) with majority (42.25%) belonging to 21-30 yrs age group. The commonest poison encountered was the Organophosphorous compounds (73.14%). Suicide (77.33%) was the commonest manner than accidental poisoning. Agricultural farmers with rural background, belonging to lower socioeconomic strata were the commonest victims (78.29%) compared to others.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; Accident; human; suicide; Suicide; child; female; infant; male; India; aged; prevalence; sex difference; intoxication; article; major clinical study; rural area; urban area; high risk population; age distribution; employment; demography; prospective study; organophosphorus compound; university hospital; agricultural worker; Poisoning cases; trend study; public health problem; Organophosphorous compounds