Table 7.

ToxIC 2016 cases—detailed reason for encounter, intentional pharmaceutical exposures

	N (%)
Reason for intentional pharmaceutical exposure subgroupa
Attempt at self-harm	3099 (67.5)
Misuse/abuse	915 (19.9)
Therapeutic use	376 (8.2)
Unknown	202 (4.4)
Total	4592 (100)
Attempt at self-harm—suicidal intent subclassificationb
Suicidal intent	2700 (87.1)
No suicidal intent	115 (3.7)
Suicidal intent unknown	284 (9.2)
Total	3099 (100)

^aPercentage of total number of cases (N = 4592) indicating primary reason for encounter due to intentional pharmaceutical exposure

^bPercentage of number of cases (N = 3099) indicating attempt at self-harm