Table 1. Estimated costs of treating 179 self-poisoned patients admitted to the Anuradhapura General Hospital in Sri Lanka from 26 June to 26 July 2005.
| Type of poison | Patients (No.) | Average cost per patient (US$) | Total cost (US$) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pesticide | 107 | 49.12 | 5255.84 | |||
| Organophosphate | 37 | 87.44 | 3235.28 | |||
| Carbamate | 11 | 51.80 | 569.80 | |||
| Herbicide | 26 | 10.49 | 272.74 | |||
| Unknown and other | 33 | 35.47 | 1170.51 | |||
| Yellow oleander seeds (Thevetia peruviana) | 56 | 5.25 | 294.00 | |||
| Medicine | 16 | 9.27 | 148.32 | |||
| Other | 0 | 31.83 | 0 | |||
| Unknown | 0 | 31.83 | 0 | |||
| All | — | — | 5698.16 | |||
US$, United States dollars.