Research Article
The Scenario of Acute Poisoning in Jashore, Bangladesh
Table 1
Age and sex distribution of poisoning (n = 487).
| | Age | Sex of study subjects | Total, | value | | Male | Female | | Age group | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| | 10–19 | 56 (11.5) | 86 (17.7) | 142 (29.2) | 0.002s (chi-square) | | 20–29 | 94 (19.3) | 95 (19.5) | 189 (38.8) | | 30–39 | 34 (7.0) | 48 (9.9) | 82 (16.8) | | 40–49 | 26 (5.3) | 17 (3.5) | 43 (8.8) | | 50–59 | 12 (2.5) | 5 (1.0) | 17 (3.5) | | 60–69 | 11 (2.3) | 1 (0.2) | 12 (2.5) | | ≥70 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) |
| | Total | 234 (48.0) | 253 (52.0) | 487 (100.0) | |
| | Mean ± SD | 29 ± 13 | 25 ± 9 | 27 ± 11 |
| | Min-max | 10–70 | 12–72 | 10–72 | <0.001s (t- test) |
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s: statistically significant (p value: ≤ 0.05)
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