Estimated number of hospitalisations related to unintentional poisoning by alcohol and drug for patients aged 12 years or older, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, USA, 2010
| Hospitalisations with | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Estimated number (95% CI) | N | Estimated number (95% CI) | |
| Unintentional alcohol poisoning | 1125 | 5623 (4316 to 6930) | 632 | 3147 (2558 to 3735) |
| Unintentional alcohol poisoning only* | 687 | 3426 (2344 to 4509) | 309 | 1540 (1108 to 1973) |
| Unintentional drug poisoning | 12063 | 60423 (55181 to 65666) | 13729 | 68568 (64284 to 72851) |
| Unintentional drug poisoning only† | 11550 | 57853 (52823 to 62883) | 13343 | 66648 (62489 to 70807) |
| Unintentional poisoning by alcohol and drug‡ | 367 | 1841 (1537 to 2144) | 281 | 1394 (1167 to 1620) |
| Unintentional poisoning by specific drugs | ||||
| Illicit opioid | 1475 | 7399 (6528 to 8269) | 1363 | 6834 (6106 to 7561) |
| Prescription opioid | 3051 | 15206 (13903 to 16508) | 3718 | 18520 (17172 to 19868) |
| Non-opioid analgesics | 1181 | 5881 (5333 to 6429) | 2036 | 10156 (9340 to 10971) |
| Sedatives/hypnotics | 843 | 4200 (3788 to 4612) | 1399 | 6941 (6353 to 7529) |
| Tranquilisers | 2427 | 12121 (11054 to 13187) | 3009 | 15015 (13865 to 16165) |
| Antidepressants | 429 | 2129 (1880 to 2378) | 723 | 3571 (3196 to 3945) |
| Other psychotropic agents | 2514 | 12777 (9567 to 15987) | 1459 | 7378 (5905 to 8850) |
| Drugs acting on central and autonomic nervous system | 1108 | 5511 (4933 to 6089) | 1242 | 6186 (5673 to 6699) |
| Other drugs (antibiotics, other anti- infectives and all other drugs) | 2924 | 14588 (13616 to 15561) | 3607 | 18004 (16896 to 19111) |
| Total hospital discharges | 2715067 | 13605452 (13067549 to 14143354) | 3971838 | 19844133 (19097199 to 20591067) |
*Unintentional alcohol poisoning cases without any type of co-occurring drug poisoning.
†Unintentional drug poisoning cases without any type of co-occurring alcohol poisoning.
‡The overlapping cases of unintentional alcohol poisoning and unintentional drug poisoning.