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

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Gender</td><td class="align_center">THA retrospective study (<i>n</i> − 135) (%)</td><td class="align_center">THA prospective study (<i>n</i> − 112) (%)</td><td class="align_center">PDGH (<i>n</i> − 108) (%)</td><td class="align_center">RDHS study (<i>n</i> − 55) (%)</td><td class="align_center">Total (<i>n</i> − 410) (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Male</td><td class="align_center">77 (57)</td><td class="align_center">57 (50.9)</td><td class="align_center">65 (60.2)</td><td class="align_center">26 (47.3)</td><td class="align_center">225 (54.9)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Female</td><td class="align_center">58 (43)</td><td class="align_center">55 (49.1)</td><td class="align_center">43 (39.8)</td><td class="align_center">29 (52.7)</td><td class="align_center">185 (45.1)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Patterns of variation in sex among children who had medication poisonings (THA- Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, PDGH- Polonnaruwa District General Hospital, and RDHS- Regional Director of Health Services).</div>

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Table 2: Accidental and Deliberate Self-Poisoning with Medications and Medication Errors among Children in Rural Sri Lanka 