Acute Poisoning Surveillance in Thailand: The Current State of Affairs and a Vision for the Future

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Poisoning in surveillance</td><td align="center">Northern </td><td align="center">Northeastern</td><td align="center">Central</td><td align="center">Southern</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Snake bite</td><td align="center">17.15</td><td align="center">8.48</td><td align="center">13.86</td><td align="center">14.97</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Intentional ingestion of toxic substance</td><td align="center">14.39</td><td align="center">2.53</td><td align="center">5.42</td><td align="center">4.09</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Mushroom</td><td align="center">5.65</td><td align="center">4<sup>a</sup></td><td align="center">0.6<sup>a</sup></td><td align="center">0.7<sup>a</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pesticide<sup>b</sup></td><td align="center">Rank 1 (45.9%)</td><td align="center">Rank 2 (29%)</td><td align="center">Rank 3 (19.89%)</td><td align="center">Rank 4 (5.18%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td> <sup>a</sup>Data extracted from a graph presented in the document. <br/><sup>
								b</sup>No exact figure reported.<br/></td></tr></table>

Rate of poisoning grouped by regions and poisoning agents (cases per 100,000 persons)  [<a href="/journals/isrn/2013/812836/#B6">6</a>]. 

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Table 2: Acute Poisoning Surveillance in Thailand: The Current State of Affairs and a Vision for the Future 