Prevalence and Incidence of Poisoning
Poisoning Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Poisoning:
11,649 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC) ... see also overview of Poisoning.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 391 or 0.26% or 694,829 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "11,649 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Poisoning:
694,829 per year,
57,902 per month,
13,362 per week,
1,903 per day,
79 per hour,
1 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "11,649 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence of types of Poisoning:
For details see incidence of types of Poisoning analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
Incidence statistics for Poisoning:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Poisoning:
- Poison control centers receive over 2.2 million calls related to accidental poisonings in the US 2001 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
- Poison control centers are notified of a poison exposure every 15 seconds in the US 1998 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
- 52.7% of calls to poison control centers regarding accidental poisonings was for children under 6 years in the US 1998 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
- Estimated 1 million children have elevated blood lead levels in the US (CDC, 2001)
- more statistics...»
Death statistics for Poisoning:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Poisoning:
- 920 poisoning deaths were reported to poison control centers in the US 2000 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
- 19,741 poisoning deaths were reported to national vital statistics in the US 1999 (WISQARS, CDC, 2001)
- 7.8 per 100,000 people died from poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- Per 100,000 people died from homicidal poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1.8 per 100,000 people died from suicidal poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 39 people per 100,000 population die from injury and poisoning in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- more statistics...»
More Statistics about Poisoning:
Deaths and related statistics
Hospitalization statistics
Cost statistics
All statistics for Poisoning
Prevalence/Incidence of Poisoning: Online Medical Books
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Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration,
for more information about the prevalence and/or incidence of Poisoning.
Poisonous snakebites:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Of the approximately 45,000 snakebites that occur in the United States each year, 7,000 to 8,000 are from poisonous snakes, resulting in 5 to 6 deaths. Such bites are most common during summer afternoons in grassy or rocky habitats.
Pit vipers are nocturnal but active snakes that are responsible for 99% of venomous snake bites in the United States. Coral snakes are also nocturnal, but their placidity makes coral snake bites less common than pit viper bites. Coral snakes tend to bite with a chewing motion, and may leave multiple fang marks, small lacerations, and extensive tissue destruction.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Poisoning usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Poisoning at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Poisoning refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Poisoning diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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