Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka

Table 1

Patterns of variation in age among children who had medication poisonings (THA- Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, PGH- Polonnaruwa District General Hospital, and RDHS- Regional Director of Health Services).

Age group	THA retrospective study (n − 135) (%)	THA prospective study (n − 112) (%)	PDGH (n − 108) (%)	RDHS study (n − 55) (%)	Total (n − 410) (%)
0–2 years	37 (27.4)	29 (25.9)	42 (38.9)	9 (16.4)	117 (28.5)
3–5 years	78 (57.8)	67 (59.8)	50 (46.3)	38 (69)	233 (56.8)
6–10 years	12 (8.9)	13 (11.7)	16 (14.8)	2 (3.6)	43 (10.5)
10–12 years	8 (5.9)	3 (2.7)	—	6 (10.9)	17 (4.2)