Table 6A.
Reason for Human Exposure Cases.
| Reason | N | % Human exposures |
|---|---|---|
| Unintentional | ||
| Unintentional—General | 1,185,997 | 54.2 |
| Unintentional—Therapeutic error | 272,623 | 12.5 |
| Unintentional—Misuse | 123,229 | 5.6 |
| Unintentional—Environmental | 58,365 | 2.7 |
| Unintentional—Bite/sting | 56,378 | 2.6 |
| Unintentional—Occupational | 25,886 | 1.2 |
| Unintentional—Food poisoning | 21,334 | 1.0 |
| Unintentional—Unknown | 3,724 | 0.2 |
| Subtotal | 1,747,536 | 79.9 |
| Intentional | ||
| Intentional—Suspected suicide | 230,080 | 10.5 |
| Intentional—Misuse | 55,740 | 2.5 |
| Intentional—Abuse | 48,976 | 2.2 |
| Intentional—Unknown | 20,151 | 0.9 |
| Subtotal | 354,947 | 16.2 |
| Adverse Reaction | ||
| Adverse reaction—Drug | 38,198 | 1.7 |
| Adverse reaction—Other | 10,637 | 0.5 |
| Adverse reaction—Food | 5,146 | 0.2 |
| Subtotal | 53,981 | 2.5 |
| Unknown | ||
| Unknown reason | 15,670 | 0.7 |
| Subtotal | 15,670 | 0.7 |
| Other | ||
| Other—Malicious | 7,261 | 0.3 |
| Other—Contamination/tampering | 7,046 | 0.3 |
| Other—Withdrawal | 1,572 | 0.1 |
| Subtotal | 15,879 | 0.7 |
| Total | 2,188,013 | 100.0 |