Facts & Figures - 2006

 2005 Facts & Figures

   

2006 Service at a Glance

Incoming Calls

35,317

Follow-up Calls

27,016

Total Case-Related Calls

62,333

Poison Exposures

26,704

Information Calls

8,536

Exposures Occurred at a Home

93%

Unintentional Exposures

79%

Exposures Involving Children Under Six

49%

Managed Outside a Health Care Facility

67%

Types of Calls

Human Exposures

25,334

Animal Exposures

1,371

Drug Information

1,756

Drug Identification

1,908

Poison Information

600

Other Information

4,273

Calls By District
Health Planning District
Total Calls
1-Lee, Scott, Wise
1,730
2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell
2,002
3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, Wythe
2,491
4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski
2,135
5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke
3,748
6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham
3,187
7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren
2,539
9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock
2,111 
10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson
3,111
11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell
2,409
12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania
2,615
16-Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford
3,371
Extended BRPC Region*
1,610
*Counties include Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Southampton. Virginia Beach City also included.
Exposure Site

Own residence

92.9%

Other residence

  1.1%

Workplace

  1.8%

Health Care Facility

    .3%

School

  1.9%

Public area

  0.6%

Other/Unknown
  1.2%
Time of Call
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Reason
Unintentional

General

15,352
60.4%

Environmental

559 
2.2%

Occupational

330 
1.3%

Therapeutic error

2,796
11.0%

Misuse

147 
.58%

Bite/Sting

627
2.5%

Food Poisoning

317 
1.3%
Unknown
21 
0.1%
Total Unintentional
20,149
79.3%
Intentional

Suspected suicidal

3,067
12.1%

Misuse

454
1.8%

Abuse

506 
2.0%

Unknown

208
.82%
Total Intentional
4,235
16.7%
Other

Contaminent/Tampering

35 
0.1%

Malicious

79 
.3%

Withdrawal

24
.1%
Total Other
138
0.5%
Adverse Reaction

Drug

605 
2.4%

Food

54 
0.2%

Other

65 
0.3%
Total Adverse Reaction
724 
2.9%
Unknown
154
0.6%
Patient Age
Age
Number
Percent
0-2
8,979
35.4%
3-5
3,041
12.0%
6-12
1,440
5.7%
Unknown Child
430 
1.7%
13-19
1,957
7.7%
20-29
1,982
7.8%
30-59
4,239
16.7%
60+
1,113
4.4%
Unknown Adult
2,102
8.3%
Route of Exposure
Route of Exposure
Number
Percent
Ingestion
21,798
82.1%
Inhalation
1,203
5.2%
Aspiration
17 
0.1%
Ocular
1,065
4.3%
Dermal
1,027
4.4%
Bite/Sting
626 
2.7%
Parenteral
176
0.6%
Other/Unknown
152 
0.6%
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2003 Toxic Exposure Surveillance System
Poison
Number
Percent
Analgesics
283,253
11.7%
Cosmetics/personal care
221,935
9.2%
Cleaning substances
218,316
9.0%
Sedative/hypnotics/antipsycho
135,090
5.6%
Foreign bodies
122,443
5.1%
Cold and cough preparations
116,084
4.8%
Topical preparations
109,831
4.5%
Pesticides
101,746
4.2%
Antidepressants
98,202
4.1%
Bites and envenomations
88,844
3.7%
Management Site
On site/Nonhealth Care Facility
17,083
67.3%
Managed in Health Care Facility
7,345
28.9%

Treated and released

3,463
13.6%

Admitted to critical care

1,360
5.4%

Admitted to noncritical

739
2.9%

Admitted to psychiatry

630 
2.5%
Lost to F/U; left AMA
1,152
4.5%
Refused referral
633 
2.5%
Unknown/Other
186 
.7%

Therapy Provided

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Outcome
No effect
4,814
19%
Minor effect
4,446
17.5%
Moderate effect
1,604
6.3%
Major effect
230
0.9%
Death
30
0.1%
Unable to follow, potentially toxic
1,553
6.1%
Unrelated effect
483 
1.9%
Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect
12,161
47.9%