Skip to main content
. 2022 Apr 28;27(Suppl 1):S4–S8. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxab100

Table 1.

Summary table of changes to the demographics, hospitalization, and substance types for all poisoning cases in the pre-pandemic periods (2018 and 2019) with the pandemic period (2020)

Pre-pandemic (2018) Pre-pandemic (2019) During pandemic (2020) P
n=323 n=335 n=421
Demographics
 Age category (years)
  0–5 103 (31.9%) 91 (27.2%) 121 (28.7%) 0.794
  6–10 13 (4%) 23 (6.9%) 24 (5.7%) 0.872
  11–15 126 (39%) 131 (39.1%) 133 (31.6%) 0.013
  16–18 81 (25.1%) 90 (26.9%) 143 (34.0%) 0.005
 Gender (female) 200 (61.9%) 187 (55.8%) 258 (61.2%) 0.42
Hospitalization
 Admission 83 (25.7%) 76 (22.7%) 135 (32.1%) 0.0045
Substance types
 Acetaminophen 41 (12.7%) 30 (9.0%) 37 (8.8%) 0.286
 Alcohol 84 (26%) 75 (22.4%) 94 (22.3%) 0.487
 Cannabis 93 (28.8%) 91 (27.2%) 170 (40.4%) <0.001
 Opioids 13 (4.0%) 13 (3.9%) 12 (2.9%) 0.341
 Over-the-counter 66 (20.4%) 48 (14.3%) 92 (21.9%) 0.065
 Prescription 76 (23.5%) 78 (23.3%) 84 (20.0%) 0.183
 Recreational drugs 22 (6.8%) 23 (6.9%) 44 (10.5%) 0.037
 Vaping 6 (1.9%) 26 (7.8%) 48 (11.4%) <0.001
 Multi-substance 96 (29.7%) 95 (28.4%) 158 (37.5%) 0.004