A Study of the Pattern of Admissions to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 6

Toxicology.

Diagnosis	Total	Male: age	Female: age
All poisoning	n = 1,145	n = 564 (49.3%)	n = 581 (50.7%)
		33.8 ± 16.7 years	26 ± 12.4 years
Drug	n = 577 (50.4%)	n = 200 (34.7%)	n = 377 (65.3%)
Plant	n = 331 (28.9%)	n = 192 (58%)	n = 139 (42%)
Pesticide	n = 131 (11.4%)	n = 105 (80.2%)	n = 26 (19.8%)
Others	n = 61 (5.3%)	n = 34 (55.7%)	n = 27 (44.3%)
Weedicide	n = 45 (3.9%)	n = 33 (73.3%)	n = 12 (26.7%)