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Table 1 Distribution of admitted cases of poisoning in relation to gender and cause

From: Profile and outcomes of acute poisoning in the toxicology treatment and control center at Tanta University Hospital, Egypt

Categories of poisoning

Males

Females

Total

X2

p

n

%

n

%

n

%

Rodenticides

1047

30.0

1225

27.7

2272

28.7

4.95

0.026

CNS abused drugs

804

23.0

951

21.5

1755

22.2

2.58

0.054

Pharmaceutical drugs

518

14.8

1165

26.3

1683

21.3

153.30

<0.001

Chemicals

511

14.6

490

11.1

1001

12.7

22.10

<0.001

Insecticides

435

12.5

408

9.2

843

10.7

21.17

<0.001

Animal envenomation

35

1.0

22

0.5

57

0.7

6.28

0.012

Botulism

9

0.3

10

0.2

19

0.2

0.01

0.956

Unknown

131

3.8

152

3.4

283

3.4

0.48

0.488

Total

3490

100.0

44.1

4423

100.0

55.9

9713

100.0

100.0

110.00

<0.001