Prognosis of Poisoning
Deaths and Mortality Rates
Deaths from Poisoning: 16,307 deaths (IOM); 14,078 deaths for unintentional poisoning and 5,191 for suicide poisoning in USA 2001 (CDC); 12,186 deaths reported in USA 1999 for accidental poisoning or exposure to noxious substances (NVSR Sep 2001); 6.0 per 100,000 in Canada 19971
Estimated mortality rate for Poisoning from incidence and deaths statistics:
- Deaths: 16,306 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data:
16,307 deaths (IOM); 14,078 deaths for unintentional poisoning and 5,191 for suicide poisoning in USA 2001 (CDC); 12,186 deaths reported in USA 1999 for accidental poisoning or exposure to noxious substances (NVSR Sep 2001); 6.0 per 100,000 in Canada 19971)
- Incidence: 694,829 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data:
11,649 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
- 2.3% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
- See also Deaths and Poisoning and Overview of Poisoning.
Complications:
Complications of Poisoning from the Diseases Database include:
Source: Diseases Database
See also complications of Poisoning.
Death Statistics for Poisoning
The following are statistics from various sources
about deaths related to 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 death statistics...»
Poisoning: Research More
About prognosis:
The 'prognosis' of Poisoning usually refers to the likely outcome
of Poisoning.
The prognosis of Poisoning
may include the duration of Poisoning, chances of complications of Poisoning,
probable outcomes,
prospects for recovery, recovery period for Poisoning, survival rates,
death rates,
and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Poisoning.
Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.
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