Table 2.

Number of emergency patients transported to hospital by ambulance in Osaka City, Japan, 1998–2010 by drug category, based on codes from the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision

T36–50 Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances
T36 Poisoning by systemic antibiotics	8
T37 Poisoning by other systemic anti‐infectives and antiparasitics	2
T38 Poisoning by hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not classified elsewhere	23
T39 Poisoning by non‐opioid analgesics, antipyretics and antirheumatics	60
T40 Poisoning by narcotics and psychodysleptics (hallucinogens)	6
T41 Poisoning by anesthetics and therapeutic gases	4
T42 Poisoning by antiepileptic, sedative‐hypnotic and antiparkinsonism drugs	1,038
T43 Poisoning by psychotropic drugs, not classified elsewhere	108
T44 Poisoning by drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system	0
T45 Poisoning by primarily systemic and hematological agents, not classified elsewhere	0
T46 Poisoning by agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system	13
T47 Poisoning by agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system	17
T48 Poisoning by agents primarily acting on smooth and skeletal muscles and the respiratory system	49
T49 Poisoning by topical agents primarily affecting the skin and mucous membranes and by ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, and dental drugs	3
T50 Poisoning by diuretics and other and unspecified drugs, medicaments and biological substances	35
Unknown	558