Table 1.

Characteristics of 21 studies reported the mortality of acute poisoning in Ethiopia.

Authors	Pub/year	Region (area)	Ages	Follow-up period in months	Samples	Response rate (%)	Intentional poisoning (%)	Mortality rate (%)
Adinew et al. [22]	2017	Amhara (NGZ)	All ages	52	543	63.4	31	0.3
Bereda et al. [2]	2021	Oromia (Mettu)	All ages	13	76	100	64.5	27.6
Bogale et al. [46]	2021	Amhara (BDR)	All ages	30	141	89	100	31.2
Chala et al. [50]	2015	Oromia (Adama)	All ages	24	292	100	36.6	1.37
Desalew et al. [48]	2011	Addis Ababa	Adults	24	116	100	96.6	8.6
Eyasu et al. [49]	2017	Addis Ababa	Adults	60	998	59.3	85.5	1.2
Getie et al. [3]	2020	Amhara (Dessie)	All ages	1.8	147	81.6	64.2	6.6
Molla et al. [30]	2022	Amhara (Gondar)	Children	48	103	79.6	24.4	8.5
Nigussie et al. [52]	2022	Harar	All ages	60	175	85.2	51.3	16.7
Shumet et al. [23]	2022	Amhara (BDR)	All ages	12	121	100	98.3	62
Tefera et al. [1]	2020	Oromia (Ambo)	All ages	14.5	134	100	76.9	1.5
Teklemariam et al. [21]	2016	Oromia (Jimma)	All ages	24	110	93.6	50.5	5.8
Woyessa et al. [7]	2020	Oromia (Wollega)	All ages	10	211	100	46.45	7.1
Zemedie et al. [13]	2021	Addis Ababa	All ages	12	98	100	98	10.2
Adinew et al. [45]	2016	Amhara (Gondar)	All ages	52	233	100	57.5	0.43
Dessie et al. [32]	2021	Addis Ababa	Adults	36	218	83.9	92.3	13.7
Melese et al. [44]	2018	Addis Ababa	All ages	12	306	93.2	88.5	8.4
Getnet H [43]	2022	Amhara (BDR)	Adults	12	268	100	100	20.9
Endayehu et al. [47]	2019	Amhara (DT)	All ages	36	102	100	91.2	18.6
Ahmed et al. [51]	2018	Oromia (Jimma)	All ages	72	236	100	76.7	6.4
Mengistie Y [31]	2022	Amhara (BDR)	Adults	24	304	100	88.2	30.6

*Note: NGZ: North Gondar Zone; BDR: Bahir Dar; DT: Debre Tabor.