Facts & Figures - 2000
|
2000 Service at a Glance |
|
Incoming Calls |
35,114 |
|
Follow-up Calls |
33,445 |
|
Total Case-Related Calls |
68,559 |
|
Poison Exposures |
24,182 |
|
Information Calls |
10,932 |
|
Exposures Occurred at a Home |
91% |
|
Unintentional Exposures |
83% |
|
Exposures Involving Children Under Six |
53% |
|
Managed Outside a Health Care Facility |
73% |
|
| Types of Calls |
|
Human Exposures |
23,115 |
|
Animal Exposures |
973 |
|
Drug Information |
1,611 |
|
Drug Identification |
6,918 |
|
Poison Information |
1,345 |
|
Other Information |
1,058 |
| Total |
35,020 |
|
| Calls By District |
| Health Planning District |
Total Calls |
| 1-Lee, Scott, Wise |
2,659 |
| 2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell |
2,496 |
| 3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe |
2,056 |
| 4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski |
2,051 |
| 5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke |
3,517 |
| 6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham |
1,962 |
| 7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren |
2,008 |
| 9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock |
1,470 |
| 10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson |
3,068 |
| 11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell |
1,758 |
| 12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania |
2,417 |
| 16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford |
2,292 |
| Extended BRPC Region* |
4,912 |
| *Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included. |
|
| Exposure Site |
|
Own residence |
87.9% |
|
Other residence |
2.7% |
|
Workplace |
2.7% |
|
Health Care Facility |
.3% |
|
School |
2.4% |
|
Public area |
1.0% |
| Other/Unknown |
3.3% |
|
| Time of Call |
|
|
|
| Reason |
| Unintentional |
|
General |
15,214 |
65.8% |
|
Environmental |
526 |
2.3% |
|
Occupational |
371 |
1.6% |
|
Therapeutic error |
1,805 |
7.8% |
|
Misuse |
406 |
1.8% |
|
Bite/Sting |
659 |
2.9% |
|
Food Poisoning |
257 |
1.1% |
| Unknown |
27 |
0.1% |
| Total Unintentional |
19,265 |
83.3% |
| Intentional |
|
Suspected suicidal |
2,313 |
10.0% |
|
Misuse |
300 |
1.3% |
|
Abuse |
386 |
1.7% |
|
Unknown |
175 |
.8% |
| Total Intentional |
3,174 |
13.7% |
| Other |
|
Contaminent/Tampering |
47 |
0.2% |
|
Malicious |
129 |
0.6% |
| Total Other |
176 |
0.8% |
| Adverse Reaction |
|
Drug |
350 |
1.5% |
|
Food |
20 |
0.1% |
|
Other |
59 |
0.3% |
| Total Adverse Reaction |
429 |
1.9% |
| Unknown |
71 |
0.3% |
|
| Patient Age |
| Age |
Number |
Percent |
| 0-2 |
9,284 |
40.2% |
| 3-5 |
2,982 |
12.9% |
| 6-12 |
1,660 |
7.2% |
| Unknown Child |
36 |
.2% |
| 13-19 |
1,943 |
8.4% |
| 20-29 |
1,765 |
7.6% |
| 30-59 |
3,860 |
16.7% |
| 60+ |
836 |
3.6% |
| Unknown Adult |
535 |
2.3% |
|
| Route of Exposure |
| Route of Exposure |
Number |
Percent |
| Ingestion |
18,794 |
77.4% |
| Inhalation |
1,418 |
5.8% |
| Aspiration |
13 |
0.1% |
| Ocular |
1,314 |
5.4% |
| Dermal |
1,842 |
7.6% |
| Bite/Sting |
658 |
2.7% |
| Parenteral |
84 |
0.4% |
| Other/Unknown |
151 |
0.6% |
|
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 1999 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System |
|
Poison |
Number |
Percent |
| Cleaning substances |
217,476 |
9.9% |
| Analgesics |
214,066 |
9.7% |
| Cosmetics and personal care |
205,242 |
9.3% |
| Plants |
113,864 |
5.2% |
| Foreign bodies |
105,837 |
4.8% |
| Cough and Cold preparations |
99,873 |
4.5% |
| Bites/envenomations |
92,137 |
4.2% |
| Topicals |
84,922 |
3.9% |
| Insecticides/pesticides/rodenticides |
78,853 |
3.6% |
| Food products, food poisoning |
74,980 |
3.4% |
|
| Management Site |
| On site/Nonhealth Care Facility |
16,927 |
73% |
| Managed in Health Care Facility |
5,311 |
23% |
|
Treated and released |
3,135 |
14% |
|
Admitted to critical care |
909 |
4% |
|
Admitted to noncritical |
404 |
2% |
|
Admitted to psychiatry |
494 |
2% |
| Lost to F/U; left AMA |
369 |
2% |
| Refused referral |
556 |
2% |
| Unknown |
315 |
1% |
|
|
Therapy Provided |
 |
|
| Outcome |
| No effect |
7,515 |
32.5% |
| Minor effect |
5,083 |
22.0% |
| Moderate effect |
969 |
4.2% |
| Major effect |
129 |
0.6% |
| Death |
14 |
0.1% |
| Unable to follow |
8,848 |
38.3% |
| Unrelated effect |
556 |
2.4% |
| Nontoxic or minimal effect |
7,976 |
34.5% | |
