Research Article

The Scenario of Acute Poisoning in Jashore, Bangladesh

Table 5

Treatment outcome in relation to intention of poisoning of the study patients (n = 487).

IntentionOutcome of treatmentTotal value
RecoveredAbscondedReferredDeath
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)Per 100,000

Suicidal353 (72.5)42 (8.6)29 (6.0)50 (10.3)1.8474 (97.4)0.043s
Accidental3 (0.6)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)2 (0.4)0.15 (1.0)
Others (stupefying)3 (0.6)2 (0.4)2 (0.4)1 (0.2)0.08 (1.6)

Total359 (73.7)44 (9.0)31 (6.4)53 (10.9)1.9487 (100.0)

s: statistically significant (p value: ≤ 0.05)