Table 8.

ToxIC 2018–Agent classes for older adult cases

	Exposure rank	Totals	%a	Age 66–75	Age 76–85	Age > 85
Cardiovascular	1	74	14.5%	37	26	11
Analgesic	2	63	12.4%	38	18	7
Sedative-hypnotic/muscle relaxant	3	51	10.0%	31	12	8
Antidepressant	4	45	8.8%	19	21	5
Opioid	5	43	8.4%	32	7	4
Diabetic Med	6	26	5.1%	15	10	1
Ethanol	7	24	4.7%	24	0	0
Anticholinergic/antihistamine	8	20	3.9%	12	5	3
Envenomation	8	20	3.9%	13	6	1
Antipsychotic	9	16	3.1%	13	3	0
Anticonvulsant	10	13	2.6%	11	2	0
Metals	11	11	2.2%	7	3	1
Toxic alcohols	12	10	2.0%	9	1	0
Antimicrobials	13	9	1.8%	7	2	0
Sympathomimetic	13	9	1.8%	8	1	0
Caustic	14	7	1.4%	6	0	1
Lithium	14	7	1.4%	5	2	0
Anticoagulant	13	6	1.2%	2	3	1
Gases/vapors/irritants/dusts	13	6	1.2%	5	1	0
Household	13	6	1.2%	5	1	0
Other pharmaceutical	12	5	1.0%	4	0	1
Parkinson’s Med	12	5	1.0%	1	3	1
Plants/fungi	12	5	1.0%	2	3	0
Anesthetic	11	4	0.8%	2	1	1
GI agent	10	3	0.6%	3	0	0
Hydrocarbon	10	3	0.6%	3	0	0
Other nonpharmaceuticals	10	3	0.6%	2	1	0
Unknown class	10	3	0.6%	2	1	0
Chemotherapeutic and immune	9	2	0.4%	0	1	1
Endocrine	9	2	0.4%	2	0	0
Herbals/dietary supplements/vitamins	9	2	0.4%	2	0	0
Psychoactive	9	2	0.4%	0	2	0
Cough and cold	8	1	0.2%	1	0	0
Herbicide	8	1	0.2%	1	0	0
Insecticide	8	1	0.2%	0	0	1
Pulmonary	8	1	0.2%	1	0	0
Totals		509	100.0%

^aPercentages are out of total number of reported agent entries per year; 113 cases (34.3%) reported multiple agents