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. 2016 Dec 5;13(2):158–165. doi: 10.1007/s13181-016-0594-0

Table 3.

Frequency of selected outcomes for scorpion envenomation reported by decade of age. Percentages are relative to total exposures in each age group

Age range (Yrs) Total exposures Major effects Hospitalizations Benzodiazepines administered Antivenom administered Intubations performed
Non-ICU ICU Total
0–9 28,192 184 (0.65%) 120 (0.43%) 465 (1.6%) 585 (2.1%) 993 (3.5%) 2376 (8.4%) 139 (0.49%)
10–19 24,882 18 (0.07%) 41 (0.16%) 34 (0.14%) 75 (0.30%) 216 (0.87%) 252 (1.0%)
20–29 25,860 8 (0.03%) 55 (0.21%) 23 (0.09%) 78 (0.30%) 156 (0.60%) 98 (0.38%) 1 (0.00%)
30–39 25,799 10 (0.04%) 49 (0.19%) 25 (0.10%) 74 (0.29%) 183 (0.71%) 91 (0.35%) 2 (0.01%)
40–49 23,536 10 (0.04%) 39 (0.17%) 21 (0.09%) 60 (0.25%) 183 (0.78%) 112 (0.48%) 2 (0.01%)
50–59 20,824 10 (0.05%) 45 (0.22%) 30 (0.14%) 75 (0.36%) 249 (1.2%) 127 (0.61%) 3 (0.01%)
60–69 14,115 15 (0.11%) 64 (0.45%) 23 (0.16%) 87 (0.62%) 177 (1.3%) 131 (0.93%) 4 (0.03%)
70–79 6819 11 (0.16%) 41 (0.60%) 28 (0.41%) 69 (1.0%) 119 (1.7%) 88 (1.3%) 5 (0.07%)
≥80 2886 23 (0.80%) 12 (0.42%) 35 (1.2%) 53 (1.8%) 45 (1.6%) 1 (0.03%)
Unknown 12,489 10 (0.08%) 9 (0.07%) 2 (0.02%) 11 (0.09%) 19 (0.15%) 36 (0.29%)
Total 185,402 276 (0.15%) 486 (0.26%) 663 (0.36%) 1149 (0.62%) 2348 (1.3%) 3356 (1.8%) 157 (0.08%)