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 |