FACTS & FIGURES - 2008

Types of Calls, Calls by District, Exposure Site, Time of Call, Reason, Patient Age, Route of Exposure, Top 10 Poisons, Management Site, Therapy Provided, Outcome

2008 Service at a Glance

Incoming Calls 

35,097

Follow-up Calls 

26,543

Total Case-Related Calls

61,640

Poison Exposures 

27,144

Information Calls 

7,879

Exposures Occurred at a Home 

93%

Unintentional Exposures 

81%

Exposures Involving Children Under Six 

49%

Managed Outside a Health Care Facility 

71%

Types of Calls

Human Exposures

25,594

Animal Exposures

1,551

Drug Information

1,579

Drug Identification

1,963

Poison Information

515

Other Information

3,822

Calls By District
Health Planning District Total Calls
1-Lee, Scott, Wise 1,840
2-Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell, Tazewell 2,038
3- Bland, Carrol, Grayson, Smyth, Washington,  Wythe 2,773
4-Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski 2,555
5-Allegheny, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke 4,009
6-Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham 3,264
7-Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren 2,738
9-Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock 1,463
10-Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson 3,162
11- Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell 2,628
12-Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania 2,918
16-Spotsylvania 1.663
Extended Region* 588
*Counties include Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Halifax, also included.
Exposure Site

Own residence

92.8%

Other residence

  1.4%

Workplace

  1.4%

Health Care Facility

    .4%

School

  1.3%

Public area

  0.7%

Other/Unknown        1.4%
Time of Call
2008 Calls per Hour
Reason
Unintentional

General

16,060 62.6%

Environmental

584  2.3%

Occupational

243  0.0%

Therapeutic error

2,860 11.1%

Misuse

145  0.6%

Bite/Sting

600  2.3%

Food Poisoning

263  1.0%
Unknown 25  0.1%
Total Unintentional 20,780 81.0%
Intentional

Suspected suicidal

2,690 10.5%

Misuse

509 2.3%

Abuse

458  1.8%

Unknown

166  0.7%
Total Intentional 3,904 16.0%
Other

Contaminent/Tampering

52  0.2%

Malicious

63  0.3%

Withdrawal

24  0.1%
Total Other 139 0.5%
Adverse Reaction

Drug

536  2.1%

Food

30  0.1%

Other

77  0.3%
Total Adverse Reaction 643  2.5%
Unknown 197 0.8%
Patient Age
Age Number Percent
0-2 8,852 34.5%
3-5 3,349 13.1%
6-12 1,625 6.3%
Unknown Child 422  1.6%
13-19 1,674 6.5%
20-29 1,960 7.6%
30-59 4,037 15.7%
60+ 1,254 4.9%
Unknown Adult 2,490 9.7%
Route of Exposure
Route of Exposure Number Percent
Ingestion 22,124 84.1%
Inhalation 1,246 4.7%
Aspiration 16 0.1%
Ocular 954  3.6%
Dermal 1,077 4.1%
Bite/Sting 600  2.3%
Parenteral 154 0.6%
Other/Unknown 141  0.5%
Top 10 Poisons Nationwide
*AAPCC 2008 National Poison Data System
Poison Number Percent
Analgesics 328,993 13.3%
Cosmetics/personal care 224,113  9.0%
Cleaning substances 212,482  8.6%
Sedative/hypnotics/antipsycho 163,958  6.6%
Foreign bodies 129,680  5.2%
Topical preparations 113,643  4.6%
Antidepressants 101,674  4.1%
Cold and Cough preparations 98,143  4.0%
Pesticides 93,379  3.8%
Cardiovascular drugs 90,731  3.7%
Management Site
On site/Nonhealth Care Facility 19,323 70.8%
Managed in Health Care Facility 6,646  24.4%

Treated and released

2,981  10.9%

Admitted to critical care

1,329  4.9%

Admitted to noncritical

775 2.8%

Admitted to psychiatry

587  2.2%
Lost to F/U; left AMA 974  3.6%
Refused referral 591  2.2%
Unknown/Other 720  2.6%

Therapy Provided

Therapy08
Outcome
No effect 3,576  13.9%
Minor effect 3,476  13.5%
Moderate effect 1,535  6.0%
Major effect 282 1.1%
Death 35  .1%
Unable to follow, potentially toxic 1,335 5.2%
Unrelated effect 334  1.3%
Unable to follow, Nontoxic or minimal effect 15,012  58.5%

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