Taiwan, pesticide poisoning

Unlike the prevalence of drug poisoning exposures in most Western countries, pesticide poisoning exposures are numerous in Taiwan. Epidemiological. studies of the... 

National Poi.son Center in Taiwan indicate that the fatality rate is much higher in Taiwan than in most Western countries, with 5.65% of all poisoning exposure.s resulting in death. There were 6872 cases of pesticide intoxication among 223,436 total cases of various intoxications from 1985 to 1993 (Tabic 6>, and these accounted for approximately 22-30% of the total incidences, from 1991 to 1996. The incidence of pesticide poisoning gradually declined during this time. 

Insecticides (5217 patients, 46.3%) accounted for nearly half of the poisoning exposures. In Taiwan, 11,269 patients were intoxicated with acute pesticide poisoning, and male patients (63.9%) outnumber female patients. After adjusting for measured baseline characteristics, gender is not associated with the risk of death among patients with acute pesticide poisoning. OPs were more toxic than CMs. 

TABLE 8. Age Distribution of Fatal and Nonfatal Cases with Acute Pesticide Poisoning in Taiwan... 

TABLE 7. Clinical Severity by Pesticides and Fungicides among 11,269 Patients with Acute Poisoning in Taiwan... 

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