Table 3.
Distribution of Causes in 1755 Children with Acute Poisoning with Different Characteristics (n, %)
| Group | Accidental Poisoning | Drug Poisoning | Food Poisoning | Inhalation Poisoning | Contact Poisoning | Intentional Poisoning | Iatrogenic Poisoning | Animals’ Bite Stabbing | χ2 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | 505 (54.1) | 255 (27.3) | 100 (10.7) | 25 (2.7) | 10 (1.1) | 30 (3.2) | 3 (0.3) | 6 (0.6) | – | P=0.0419 |
| Female | 473 (57.6) | 224 (27.3) | 61 (7.4) | 24 (2.9) | 11 (1.3) | 23 (2.8) | 0 | 5 (0.6) | |||
| Age | Infancy | 24 (43.6) | 24 (43.6) | 3 (5.5) | 2 (3.6) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.8) | 424.2 | P<0.0001 |
| Early childhood | 339 (55.8) | 227 (37.4) | 27 (4.4) | 6 (1.0) | 5 (0.8) | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | |||
| Preschool | 446 (68.1) | 137 (20.9) | 49 (7.5) | 17 (2.6) | 3 (0.5) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | |||
| School age | 78 (33.2) | 48 (20.4) | 65 (27.7) | 16 (6.8) | 13 (5.5) | 8 (34.0) | 1 (0.4) | 6 (2.6) | |||
| Puberty | 91 (44.8) | 43 (21.2) | 17 (8.4) | 8 (4.0) | 0 | 43 (21.2) | 0 | 1 (0.5) | |||
| Live | Rural area | 761 (64.6) | 213 (17.9) | 108 (9.1) | 33 (2.8) | 19 (1.6) | 48 (4.0) | 1 (0.1) | 8 (2.6) | 4.875 | P=0.0275 |
| Town | 217 (38.8) | 266 (47.2) | 53 (9.4) | 16 (2.8) | 2 (0.4) | 5 (0.9) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.5) | |||
| Season | Spring | 313 (62.0) | 148 (29.3) | 19 (3.8) | 10 (2.0) | 3 (0.6) | 10 (2.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 46.66 | P<0.0001 |
| Summer | 219 (52.6) | 129 (31.0) | 48 (11.5) | 4 (1.0) | 8 (2.0) | 4 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) | 3 (0.7) | |||
| Autumn | 224 (53.2) | 91 (21.6) | 67 (15.9) | 4 (0.9) | 8 (1.9) | 20 (4.8) | 0 | 7 (1.7) | |||
| Winter | 222 (53.8) | 111 (26.9) | 27 (6.5) | 31 (7.5) | 2 (0.5) | 19 (4.6) | 1 (0.2) | 0 | |||
| Nationality | Han | 844 (53.0) | 471 (29.6) | 159 (10.0) | 47 (2.9) | 21 (1.3) | 37 (2.3) | 3 (0.2) | 11 (0.7) | 77.73 | P<0.0001 |
| Yi | 134 (82.7) | 8 (4.9) | 2 (1.2) | 2 (1.2) | 0 | 16 (9.9) | 0 | 0 |