Frequency distributions of major poison types by age and sex
| Poison types | 0–4 years | 5–9 years | 10–14 years† | 15–19 years† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| *Column percentage. | ||||||||
| †Significant association between poison types and sexes for each age group (p<0.0001). | ||||||||
| Analgesics | 88 (42.5)* | 72 (37.9) | 3 (4.3) | 3 (7.7) | 12 (12.4) | 85 (56.7) | 122 (41.4) | 345 (53.2) |
| Psychotropics | 57 (27.5) | 61 (32.1) | 5 (7.2) | 7 (17.9) | 30 (30.9) | 36 (24.0) | 125 (42.4) | 269 (41.4) |
| Venoms | 32 (15.5) | 31 (16.3) | 58 (84.1) | 28 (71.8) | 55 (56.7) | 27 (18.0) | 42 (14.2) | 20 v(3.1) |
| Chemicals | 30 (14.5) | 26 (13.7) | 3 (4.3) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.3) | 6 (2.0) | 15 (2.3) |
| Total | 207 (100.0) | 190 (100.0) | 69 (100.0) | 60 (100.0) | 97 (100.0) | 150 (100.0) | 295 (100.0) | 649 (100.0) |