Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of poisoning cases.

	N (%)
Gender distribution Male/Female	60/61(49.6/50.4)
Mean age/year (mean ± SD)	6.60 ± 5.70
T. C. nationals/refugees	116/5(95.8/4.2)
Causes of poisoning
Chemicals	35(28.9)
Poisonous animals	24(19.8)
Prescription medications	24(19.8)
Pesticides	17(14)
Foodstuff	13(10.7)
Carbon monoxide-other volatile substances	7(5.8)
Unknown reason	1(0.8)
Family history of poisoning? Yes/No	16/105(13.2/86.8)

N: Number of cases; SD: Standard deviation; T.C: Republic of Turkey.