Table 1.
Poisoning mortality rates by gender and age in Taiwan in 1999-2008 (per 100,000 population)
| Types | Age | ① 0-4 yrs | ② 5-14 yrs | ③ 15-24 yrs | ④ 25-44 yrs | ⑤ 45-64 yrs | ⑥ ≧ 65 yrs | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | N | Rate | N | Rate | N | Rate | N | Rate | N | Rate | N | Rate | N | Rate | |
| Unintentional Poisoning *** | Total | 38 | 0.29 | 56 | 0.18 | 329 | 0.89 | 1,939 | 2.59 | 766 | 1.56 | 460 | 2.18 | 3,589 | 1.45 |
| ④,⑥ > ⑤ > ③,①,② | Male | 15 | 0.22 | 35 | 0.21 | 215 | 1.13 | 1,562 | 4.12 | 622 | 2.54 | 268 | 2.55 | 2,718 | 2.16 |
| Female | 23 | 0.36 | 21 | 0.14 | 114 | 0.63 | 377 | 1.02 | 144 | 0.58 | 192 | 1.83 | 871 | 0.73 | |
| Drugs *** | Total | 4 | 0.03 | 1 | < 0.01 | 181 | 0.48 | 1,129 | 1.52 | 181 | 0.35 | 70 | 0.33 | 1,566 | 0.63 |
| (E850-E858) | Male | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.01 | 121 | 0.63 | 953 | 2.53 | 155 | 0.62 | 38 | 0.36 | 1,269 | 0.99 |
| ④ > ③,⑤,⑥ > ①,② | Female | 3 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.33 | 176 | 0.48 | 26 | 0.10 | 32 | 0.31 | 297 | 0.25 |
| Other utility gas and CO ** | Total | 26 | 0.20 | 48 | 0.15 | 87 | 0.24 | 295 | 0.39 | 134 | 0.27 | 56 | 0.27 | 646 | 0.27 |
| (E868) | Male | 9 | 0.13 | 32 | 0.19 | 46 | 0.25 | 196 | 0.52 | 99 | 0.40 | 36 | 0.33 | 418 | 0.34 |
| ④ > ⑤,⑥,③,①,② | Female | 17 | 0.27 | 16 | 0.11 | 41 | 0.23 | 99 | 0.27 | 35 | 0.14 | 20 | 0.20 | 228 | 0.20 |
| Pesticide *** | Total | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.08 | 164 | 0.22 | 206 | 0.44 | 196 | 0.93 | 594 | 0.24 |
| (E863) | Male | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.13 | 134 | 0.35 | 170 | 0.74 | 128 | 1.21 | 457 | 0.37 |
| ⑥ > ⑤,④,③,①,② | Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.02 | 30 | 0.08 | 36 | 0.15 | 68 | 0.65 | 137 | 0.11 |
| Intentional poisoning *** | Total | 25 | 0.19 | 29 | 0.09 | 840 | 2.24 | 6,708 | 8.86 | 4,578 | 9.44 | 2,260 | 10.63 | 14,440 | 5.73 |
| ⑥,⑤,④ > ③,①,② | Male | 11 | 0.16 | 10 | 0.06 | 567 | 2.94 | 4,829 | 12.59 | 3,279 | 13.59 | 1,308 | 12.23 | 10,004 | 7.88 |
| Female | 14 | 0.22 | 19 | 0.13 | 273 | 1.51 | 1,879 | 5.03 | 1,299 | 5.34 | 952 | 9.01 | 4,436 | 3.56 | |
| Not explicitly *** | Total | 11 | 0.09 | 14 | 0.04 | 158 | 0.42 | 1,244 | 1.65 | 703 | 1.44 | 461 | 2.18 | 2,591 | 1.03 |
| ⑥ > ④,⑤ > ③,①,② | Male | 8 | 0.12 | 6 | 0.04 | 98 | 0.51 | 939 | 2.45 | 507 | 2.09 | 244 | 2.27 | 1,802 | 1.42 |
| Female | 3 | 0.05 | 8 | 0.05 | 60 | 0.33 | 305 | 0.82 | 196 | 0.80 | 217 | 2.08 | 789 | 0.64 | |
| Total *** | Total | 74 | 0.57 | 99 | 0.31 | 1,327 | 3.55 | 9,891 | 13.10 | 6,047 | 12.43 | 3,155 | 14.98 | 20,620 | 8.21 |
| ⑥,④,⑤ > ③ > ①,② | Male | 34 | 0.50 | 51 | 0.31 | 880 | 4.57 | 7,330 | 19.16 | 4,408 | 18.21 | 1,809 | 17.04 | 14,524 | 11.46 |
| Female | 40 | 0.63 | 48 | 0.32 | 447 | 2.47 | 2,561 | 6.88 | 1,639 | 6.71 | 1,346 | 12.96 | 6,096 | 4.92 | |
The data show only the top 3 agents of unintentional poisoning
ANOVA (*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < 0.001), Scheffe's post hoc comparisons