Table 3.
Distribution of cases with poisoning incidents from nonpharmaceutical agents reported to P1PCC (2014‐2018) according to the site of exposure to toxic agent and source of call
| Type of toxin | Frequency [n, (%) a ] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of exposure | Source of call | |||||
| Work | Out door | Home | Public | 911 | Professional | |
| Heavy metals | 4 (4.65) | 0 (0.00) | 82 (95.35) | 22 (25.58) | 32 (37.21) | 32 (37.21) |
| Plants | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 15 (100.00) | 5 (33.33) | 4 (26.67) | 6 (40.00) |
| Pesticides | 1 (1.15) | 7 (8.05) | 79 (90.80) | 13 (14.94) | 59 (67.82) | 15 (17.24) |
| Gases | 4 (11.11) | 3 (8.33) | 27 (75.00) | 3 (8.33) | 28 (77.78) | 5 (13.89) |
| Household products | 10 (2.87) | 4 (1.15) | 331 (94.84) | 49 (14.04) | 260 (74.50) | 40 (11.46) |
| Food | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 14 (100.00) | 5 (35.71) | 4 (28.57) | 5 (35.71) |
| Hydrocarbon | 2 (1.96) | 0 (0.00) | 100 (98.04) | 3 (2.94) | 86 (84.31) | 13 (12.75) |
| Animals bite | 5 (1.24) | 223 (55.33) | 167 (41.44) | 82 (20.35) | 276 (68.49) | 45 (11.17) |
| Total | 26 | 237 | 815 | 182 | 749 | 161 |
a
Percentage by row.