Table 2.
Frequency of hospitalizations and selected treatments reported in the nine states with over 100 calls per year. Percentages are relative to total exposures in each state
| State | Total exposures | Hospitalizations | Benzodiazepines administered | Antivenom administered | Intubations performed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-ICU | ICU | Total | |||||
| Arizona | 126,502 | 292 (0.23%) | 566 (0.45%) | 858 (0.68%) | 2217 (1.8%) | 3307 (2.6%) | 141 (0.11%) |
| Texas | 19,168 | 12 (0.06%) | 7 (0.04%) | 19 (0.10%) | 6 (0.03%) | – | 3 (0.02%) |
| Nevada | 7775 | 46 (0.59%) | 39 (0.50%) | 85 (1.1%) | 70 (0.90%) | 28 (0.36%) | 9 (0.12%) |
| Florida | 6241 | 14 (0.22%) | 20 (0.32%) | 34 (0.54%) | – | 1 (0.02%) | 1 (0.02%) |
| California | 5477 | 6 (0.11%) | 6 (0.11%) | 12 (0.22%) | 7 (0.13%) | 4 (0.07%) | – |
| Georgia | 4915 | 14 (0.28%) | 8 (0.16%) | 22 (0.45%) | 3 (0.06%) | – | – |
| Oklahoma | 3315 | 3 (0.09%) | 1 (0.03%) | 4 (0.12%) | 3 (0.09%) | – | – |
| New Mexico | 3282 | 1 (0.03%) | 5 (0.15%) | 6 (0.18%) | 11 (0.34%) | 1 (0.03%) | 1 (0.03%) |
| Alabama | 2133 | 1 (0.05%) | – | 1 (0.05%) | – | – | – |
| Total | 178,808 | 389 (0.22%) | 652 (0.36%) | 1041 (0.58%) | 2317 (1.3%) | 3341 (1.9%) | 155 (0.09%) |