Distribution of cases of unintentional poisoning among children under 5 years of age by type of poisoning and gender at tertiary care public and private hospitals in Karachi (n=120)
| Age (months) | Medicines | Kerosene | Household chemicals | Pesticides | Tobacco | Total (%) | Boys | Girls |
| N=39 | N=35 | N=22 | N=18 | N=6 | N=120 | N=69 | N=51 | |
| ≤12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 (10.8) | 5 | 8 |
| >12–≤24 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 38 (31.6) | 19 | 19 |
| >24–≤36 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 34 (28.3) | 20 | 14 |
| >36–≤48 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 (20.8) | 19 | 6 |
| >48–≤60 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 (8.3) | 6 | 4 |