Facts & Figures - 2001
|
2001 Service at a Glance |
|
Incoming Calls |
39,577 |
|
Follow-up Calls |
29,534 |
|
Total Case-Related Calls |
68,559 |
|
Poison Exposures |
24,850 |
|
Information Calls |
14,727 |
|
Exposures Occurred at a Home |
91% |
|
Unintentional Exposures |
83% |
|
Exposures Involving Children Under Six |
48% |
|
Managed Outside a Health Care Facility |
70% |
|
| Types of Calls |
|
Human Exposures |
23,621 |
|
Animal Exposures |
1,229 |
|
Drug Information |
1,804 |
|
Drug Identification |
10,172 |
|
Poison Information |
1,281 |
|
Other Information |
1,470 |
| Total |
39,577 |
|
| Calls By District |
| Health Planning District |
Total Calls |
| 1-Lee, Scott, Wise |
3,759 |
| 2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell |
3,379 |
| 3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe |
2,547 |
| 4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski |
2,491 |
| 5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke |
3,956 |
| 6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham |
2,585 |
| 7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren |
2,233 |
| 9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock |
1,528 |
| 10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson |
3,701 |
| 11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell |
1,986 |
| 12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania |
2,882 |
| 16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford |
2,550 |
| Extended BRPC Region* |
3,528 |
| *Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included. |
|
| Exposure Site |
|
Own residence |
91.2% |
|
Other residence |
1.8% |
|
Workplace |
2.5% |
|
Health Care Facility |
.3% |
|
School |
1.7% |
|
Public area |
1.0% |
| Other/Unknown |
1.5% |
|
| Time of Call |
|
|
|
| Reason |
| Unintentional |
|
General |
16,641 |
67.0% |
|
Environmental |
343 |
1.4% |
|
Occupational |
350 |
1.4% |
|
Therapeutic error |
1,982 |
8.0% |
|
Misuse |
396 |
1.6% |
|
Bite/Sting |
719 |
2.9% |
|
Food Poisoning |
226 |
.9% |
| Unknown |
34 |
0.1% |
| Total Unintentional |
20,691 |
83.3% |
| Intentional |
|
Suspected suicidal |
2,592 |
10.4% |
|
Misuse |
330 |
1.3% |
|
Abuse |
398 |
1.6% |
|
Unknown |
126 |
.5% |
| Total Intentional |
3,446 |
13.8% |
| Other |
|
Contaminent/Tampering |
47 |
0.2% |
|
Malicious |
129 |
0.5% |
| Total Other |
176 |
0.7% |
| Adverse Reaction |
|
Drug |
350 |
1.4% |
|
Food |
20 |
0.1% |
|
Other |
59 |
0.2% |
| Total Adverse Reaction |
429 |
1.7% |
| Unknown |
58 |
0.2% |
|
| Patient Age |
| Age |
Number |
Percent |
| 0-2 |
9,031 |
38.2% |
| 3-5 |
2,922 |
12.4% |
| 6-12 |
1,636 |
6.9% |
| Unknown Child |
54 |
.2% |
| 13-19 |
1,945 |
8.2% |
| 20-29 |
2,008 |
8.5% |
| 30-59 |
4,435 |
18.7% |
| 60+ |
1059 |
4.5% |
| Unknown Adult |
557 |
2.4% |
|
| Route of Exposure |
| Route of Exposure |
Number |
Percent |
| Ingestion |
20,674 |
80.2% |
| Inhalation |
1,471 |
5.7% |
| Aspiration |
24 |
0.1% |
| Ocular |
1,247 |
4.8% |
| Dermal |
1,420 |
5.5% |
| Bite/Sting |
723 |
2.8% |
| Parenteral |
86 |
0.3% |
| Other/Unknown |
135 |
0.5% |
|
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2000 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System |
|
Poison |
Number |
Percent |
| Analgesics |
227,738 |
10.5% |
| Cleaning substances |
206,636 |
9.5% |
| Cosmetics and personal care |
203,736 |
9.4% |
| Foreign bodies |
107,832 |
5.0% |
| Plants |
106,385 |
4.9% |
| Cough and Cold preparations |
98,008 |
4.5% |
| Bites/envenomations |
90,784 |
4.2% |
| Sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics |
89,761 |
401% |
| Topicals |
78,853 |
401% |
| Pesticides |
74,980 |
4.0% |
|
| Management Site |
| On site/Nonhealth Care Facility |
17,404 |
70.0% |
| Managed in Health Care Facility |
6,274 |
25.2% |
|
Treated and released |
3,433 |
13.8% |
|
Admitted to critical care |
1,016 |
4.1% |
|
Admitted to noncritical |
536 |
2.2% |
|
Admitted to psychiatry |
661 |
2.7% |
| Lost to F/U; left AMA |
628 |
2.5% |
| Refused referral |
719 |
2.9% |
| Unknown/Other |
459 |
1.9% |
|
|
Therapy Provided |
 |
|
| Outcome |
| No effect |
7,799 |
31.9% |
| Minor effect |
5,212 |
21.0% |
| Moderate effect |
1,317 |
5.3% |
| Major effect |
169 |
0.7% |
| Death |
18 |
0.1% |
| Unable to follow, potentially toxic |
1,437 |
5.8% |
| Unrelated effect |
462 |
1.9% |
| Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect |
8,383 |
33.8% | |
