Abstract
Time wise epidemiological studies are important to find out the trends of poisoning in each region. Thepresent study was conducted by collecting data regarding age, sex, marital status, religion, occupation, typeand manner of poisoning of cases which got admitted and treated over a period of 3 years to know the currentpattern of poisoning in tertiary care hospitals located in a rural area of Salem, Tamil Nadu.Total number cases studied were 170 cases, Among them 60cases (35.3%) belonged to 21-30yrs, maleswere 86 cases (50.6%) and females 84 cases (49.4%), both the sex were almost equally distributed, 103cases(60.6%) were married, 151cases(88.8%) came from rural area, 160 cases (94.1%) were suicidaland all belonged to Hindu religion. Occupation-wise 56 cases (32.9%) were house wives, students 51cases (31.8%), followed by farmers, laborers and others. Coming to the type of poisons, maximum wereorganophosphorous compounds 38 cases (22.4%), followed by Paraquat, 3% yellow phosphorous, oleanderseeds and others.
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