Table 6.

ToxIC 2016 cases—primary reason for medical toxicology encounter

	N (%)
Intentional exposure—pharmaceutical	4591 (53.8)
Intentional exposure—non-pharmaceutical	1038 (12.2)
Unintentional exposure—pharmaceutical	659 (7.7)
Organ system dysfunction	309 (3.6)
Unintentional exposure—non-pharmaceutical	296 (3.5)
Envenomation—snake	285 (3.3)
Unknown	275 (3.2)
Withdrawal—opioid	264 (3.1)
Interpretation of toxicology data	177 (2.1)
Environmental evaluation	149 (1.7)
Withdrawal—ethanol	140 (1.6)
Occupational evaluation	121 (1.4)
Ethanol abuse	90 (1.1)
Envenomation—spider	43 (0.5)
Withdrawal—sedative/hypnotic	27 (0.3)
Malicious/criminal	22 (0.3)
Withdrawal—other	13 (0.2)
Envenomation—other	10 (0.1)
Envenomation—scorpion	7 (0.1)
Marine/fish poisoning	7 (0.1)
Withdrawal—cocaine/amphetamine	6 (0.1)
Total	8529 (100)