Facts & Figures - 2005

2000 Facts & Figures Time of Call Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
2001 Facts & Figures Reason Management Site
2002 Facts & Figures Patient Age Therapy Provided
2003 Facts & Figures Route of Exposure Outcome
2004 Facts & Figures Exposure Site  Types of Calls

2005 Service at a Glance

Incoming Calls

38,902

Follow-up Calls

31,949

Total Case-Related Calls

70,851

Poison Exposures

29,600

Information Calls

9,187

Exposures Occurred at a Home

94%

Unintentional Exposures

79%

Exposures Involving Children Under Six

47%

Managed Outside a Health Care Facility

68%

Types of Calls

Human Exposures

28,112

Animal Exposures

1,488

Drug Information

2,012

Drug Identification

2,573

Poison Information

636

Other Information

3,966

Calls By District
Health Planning District Total Calls
1-Lee, Scott, Wise 1,709
2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell 2,068
3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe 2,505
4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski 2,259
5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke 3,843
6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham 3,274
7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren 2,565
9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock 1,976 
10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson 3,127
11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell 2,352
12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania 2,740
16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford 3,263
Extended BRPC Region* 1,624
*Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included.
Exposure Site

Own residence

92.3%

Other residence

1.6%

Workplace

2.2%

Health Care Facility

.3%

School

1.4%

Public area

0.8%

Other/Unknown 1.5%
Time of Call
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Reason
Unintentional

General

16,429 58.2%

Environmental

602 2.1%

Occupational

436 1.6%

Therapeutic error

3,466 12.3%

Misuse

239 .9%

Bite/Sting

772 2.7%

Food Poisoning

409 1.5%
Unknown 18 0.1%
Total Unintentional 22,371 79.3%
Intentional

Suspected suicidal

3,258 11.6%

Misuse

471 1.7%

Abuse

637 2.3%

Unknown

285 1.0%
Total Intentional 4,651 16.5%
Other

Contaminent/Tampering

44 0.2%

Malicious

91 .3%

Withdrawal

22 .1%
Total Other 157 0.6%
Adverse Reaction

Drug

743 2.6%

Food

65 0.2%

Other

71 0.3%
Total Adverse Reaction 879 3.1%
Unknown 152 0.5%
Patient Age
 
Age Number Percent
0-2 9,467 33.6%
3-5 3,420 12.1%
6-12 1,747 6.2%
Unknown Child 33 .5%
13-19 2,228 7.9%
20-29 2,595 9.2%
30-59 5,219 18.5%
60+ 1,373 4.9%
Unknown Adult 1,761 6.2%
Route of Exposure
Route of Exposure Number Percent
Ingestion 23,858 82.1%
Inhalation 1,496 5.2%
Aspiration 28 0.1%
Ocular 1,262 4.3%
Dermal 1,290 4.4%
Bite/Sting 772 2.7%
Parenteral 181 0.6%
Other/Unknown 176 0.6%
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2003 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System
Poison Number Percent
Cosmetics and personal care 166,874 13.4%
Cleaning substances 121,048 9.7%
Analgesics 97,463 7.8%
Foreign bodies 92,166 7.4%
Topicals 92,091 7.4%
Plants 68,493 5.5%
Pesticides 57,778 4.6%
Vitamins 50,938 4.1%
Antimicrobials 45,352 3.6%
Antihistamines 35,152 2.8%
Management Site
On site/Nonhealth Care Facility 19,172 68.0%
Managed in Health Care Facility 7,901 28.2%

Treated and released

3,775 13.4%

Admitted to critical care

1,407 5.0%

Admitted to noncritical

724 2.6%

Admitted to psychiatry

706 2.5%
Lost to F/U; left AMA 1,285 4.6%
Refused referral 767 2.7%
Unknown/Other 369 1.3%

Therapy Provided

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Outcome
No effect 5,668 20.1%
Minor effect 5,006 17.8%
Moderate effect 1,602 5.7%
Major effect 235 0.8%
Death 32 0.1%
Unable to follow, potentially toxic 1,707 6.0%
Unrelated effect 603 2.2%
Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect 13,249 47.1%