Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of patients with pesticide poisoning
| Sociodemographic characteristics n (%) | |||
| Gender | (n=9924) | Type of exposure | (n=11 031) |
| Male | 6342 (57.2) | Acute | 10 983 (99.1) |
| Female | 3582 (32.3) | Chronic | 28 (0.3) |
| Race | (n=8655) | Acute on chronic | 20 (0.2) |
| Indian | 3836 (34.6) | Route of exposure | (n=11 064) |
| Malay | 2265 (20.4) | Ingestion | 10 406 (93.9) |
| Chinese | 1089 (9.8) | Inhalation | 449 (4.1) |
| Others | 1243 (11.2) | Cutaneous | 134 (1.2) |
| Non-Malaysian | 222 (2.0) | Ocular | 62 (0.6) |
| Age group (years) | (n=11 087) | Mucosal | 9 (0.1) |
| 0–4 | 1221 (11.0) | Injection | 3 (0.0) |
| 5–9 | 147 (1.3) | Others | 1 (0.0) |
| 10–14 | 232 (2.1) | Location of incident | (n=10 661) |
| 15–19 | 1044 (9.4) | Home | 10 101 (91.1) |
| 20–29 | 2825 (25.5) | Workplace | 482 (4.3) |
| 30–39 | 2117 (19.1) | Open place | 35 (0.3) |
| 40–49 | 1206 (10.9) | Hospital/clinics | 17 (0.2) |
| 50–59 | 632 (5.7) | Enclosed public place | 11 (0.1) |
| >60 | 535 (4.8) | Academic institution | 6 (0.1) |
| Unclassified adult | 947 (8.5) | Nursing home | 2 (0.0) |
| Unclassified children | 27 (0.1) | Institution (prison) | 2 (0.0) |
| Unrecorded | 174 (1.6) | Other | 5 (0.0) |
| State | (n=10 941) | ||
| Perak | 1990 (17.9) | ||
| Selangor | 1953 (17.6) | ||
| Johor | 1066 (9.6) | ||
| Negeri Sembilan | 1053 (9.5) | ||
| Pahang | 981 (8.8) | ||
| Sabah | 838 (7.6) | ||
| FT Kuala Lumpur | 695 (6.3) | ||
| Sarawak | 606 (5.5) | ||
| Kedah | 566 (5.1) | ||
| Pulau Pinang | 517 (4.7) | ||
| Melaka | 312 (2.8) | ||
| Kelantan | 177 (1.6) | ||
| Terengganu | 80 (0.7) | ||
| FT Putrajaya | 72 (0.6) | ||
| Perlis | 29 (0.3) | ||
| FT Labuan | 6 (0.1) | ||
FT, Federal Territory.