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. 2021 Jul 22;21:1441. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11156-2

Table 1.

Papers that reported more than 100 deaths from poison

Year (mid study period) location Type of poisoning Number of Deaths Paper
2003 Bhopal Aluminium phosphide 1455 [19]
2001 Rewa Aluminium phosphide 112 [54]
2001 Rewa Aluminium phosphide 122 [53]
2001 Chandigarh Aluminium phosphide 359 [21]
1999 Chandigarh

Aluminium phosphide

Insecticide

327

127

[22]
1999 Chandigarh Aluminium phosphide 595 [24]
2000 Ujjain Organophosphate 117 [27]
2000 West Bengal Pesticide 148 [30]
2002 Karnataka Insecticide 286 [34]
2002 Karnataka Organophosphate 187 [35]
1999 Yavatmal

Pesticide

Organochlorine

526

145

[40]
1999 Andra Pradesh Pesticide 228 [47]
1998 Tamil Nadu Pesticide 961 [44]
2001 Tamil Nadu Pesticide 258 [45]
2007 Jhansi Hair dye (paraphenylenediamine (PPD) 311 [71]
2005 Surat, Pesticide 116 [74]
2004 Yavatmal Insecticide 103 [78]
2008 Tamil Nadu Pesticide 149 [81]
2008 Chandigarh Aluminium phosphide 449 [91]
2010 Lucknow Carbamate 110 [112]
2012 Himachal Pradesh Pesticide 390 [123]
2013 Karnataka Organophosphate 245 [137]
2012 Karnataka Organophosphate 100 [140]
2012 Kerala Organophosphate 219 [141]
2012 Maharashtra Organophosphate 141 [157]
2018 Punjab Aluminium phosphide 403 [169]
2016 Kanpur

Organophosphate

Organochlorine

139

104

[177]
2015 Valsad Organophosphate 106 [179]
2014 Tamil Nadu Organophosphate 118 [185]