An epidemiological study of poisoning trend in sonipat Haryana region-A one year study

IP International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicological Sciences Pub Date : 2021-09-15 DOI:10.18231/j.ijfmts.2021.025

Y. Malik, G. Sharma, Y. Vashist, Balraj Sharma, Sunil Kumar, S. Yadav

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Poison is a substance that causes damage or injury to the body and endangers one’s life due to its exposure by means of ingestion, inhalation, or contact and it is an important public health problem causing significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Hence, this study was done at tertiary care Hospital in north India (Haryana region) from year 2012 to 2013. 59 cases of acute poisoning in adults due to chemicals were included. Data on age, sex, marital status, occupation, locality, type of poison, were recorded and analyzed by descriptive method. Among 120 postmortem cases, 59 cases were of poisoning. Males (40 cases) outnumbered females (19 cases) and 46 cases were married. Peak occurrence was in the age group of 31-40 years (18 cases). Occupation wise poisoning was commonly found among male laborers (25.4%) and farmers (20.3%) followed by house wives (28.1%) and students (6.8%). Organophosphorus was the commonest agent (42.4%). The incidence of poisoning and its morbidity and mortality can be reduced by developing and implementation of effective prevention strategies.

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哈里亚纳邦sonipat地区中毒趋势的流行病学研究——为期一年的研究

毒物是一种因摄入、吸入或接触而对人体造成损害或伤害并危及生命的物质，是在世界范围内造成重大发病率和死亡率的重要公共卫生问题。因此，本研究于2012年至2013年在印度北部(哈里亚纳邦地区)的三级保健医院进行。包括59例因化学物质引起的成人急性中毒病例。对患者的年龄、性别、婚姻状况、职业、居住地、中毒类型等资料进行记录和描述性分析。120例死后中毒59例。男性(40例)多于女性(19例)，已婚46例。31 ~ 40岁为发病高峰(18例)。职业中毒以男性劳动者(25.4%)、农民(20.3%)居多，其次是家庭主妇(28.1%)和学生(6.8%)。有机磷是最常见的药剂，占42.4%。通过制定和实施有效的预防战略，可以减少中毒的发生率及其发病率和死亡率。

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