The Scenario of Acute Poisoning in Jashore, Bangladesh

Table 2

Intension of poisoning according to sex (n = 487).

Intension	Male, n (%)	Female, n (%)	Total, n (%)	value
Suicidal	223 (45.8)	251 (51.5)	474 (97.3)	0.027^s (chi-square)
Accidental	4 (0.8)	1 (0.2)	5 (1.0)
Others (stupefying)	7 (1.4)	1 (0.2)	8 (1.6)
Total	234 (48.0)	253 (52.0)	487 (100.0)

s: statistically significant (p value: ≤ 0.05)