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    Welcome to the statistics page of Kentucky Regional Poison Center.
    If there is information or statistics on poisoning in Kentucky that you need we may be able to supply it to you, upon request. This page contains statistics on the most commonly requested questions.

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    • Total calls
    • Treatment location
    • Medical outcome
    • Map of calls by county
    • Top 10 Substances involved in poisonings in young children
    • Top 10 Categories - Most Frequent Human Exposure

       

      Type of calls to the

      Kentucky Regional Poison Center
      Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
      Information calls 19,304 21,979 24,523 28,120 27,457 19,135 19,713
      Animal poisoning 1,975 2,123 1,979 2,179 2,064 2,191 2,287
      Pediatric poisonings  (<19 years of age) 29,688 (64%) 29,806 (64%) 28,995 (64%) 29,658 (64%) 29,447 (64%) 29,528 (63%) 30,819 (64%)
      Adult Poisonings  (>18 years of age) 16,743 (36%) 16,849 (36%) 16,319 (36%) 17,263 (36%) 17,178 (36%) 17,052 (37%) 17,387 (36%)
      Total calls 67,710 71,156 71,953 77,220 76,146 68,067 70,332

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      Location of Treatment of Poisoned Patients Managed by the

      Kentucky Regional Poison Center
        2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
      Location Number of Patients (Percent of total) Number of Patients (Percent of total) Number of Patients (Percent of total) Number of Patients (Percent of total) Number of Patients (Percent of total) Number of Patients (Percent of total) Number of Patients (Percent of total)
      Managed on-site / Non-Healthcare facility 34,422(74.1 %) 34,510(73.6 %) 33,435(73.8 %) 33,929(72.6 %) 33,650(72.5 %) 33,946(72.9 %) 35,652(74 %)
      Managed in a Healthcare facility 11,112(23.9 %) 11,355(24.2 %) 10,938(24.1 %) 11,908(25.5 %) 11,879(25.6 %) 11,736(25.2 %) 11,667(24.2 %)
      Refused referral/unknown 897 (1.9%) 1022 (2.2%) 941 (2.1%) 909 (1.9%) 965 (2%) 898 (1.9%) 887 (1.8%)

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      Top 10 Categories - Most Frequent Human Exposures (all ages)
      2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
      Substance Number of cases Number of cases Number of cases Number of cases Number of cases Number of cases Number of cases
      Pain Relievers (Tylenol, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, etc.) 5147 5210 5129 5620 5535 5523 5844
      Cleaning Substance - Household 4249 4235 3857 4016 3977 3792 3903
      Personal Care Products (perfumes, cosmetics dental care products, etc.) 3972 4067 3770 4158 4079 3877 4174
      Cough/Cold Products and Antihistamines 3781 3702 3862 3891 4250 4139 4267
      Plants and Mushrooms 2043 1710 1604 1433 1457 1392 1054
      Bites and Stings 1875 1954 1703 1827 1594 1409 1208
      Foreign Bodies 2211 2204 2260 2340 2393 2231 2472
      Sedative/Hypnotic 2799 2966 3155 3421 3317 3272 3271
      Food Poisoning 1360 1266 1211 1411 1339 1413 1719
      Hydrocarbons (gasoline, kerosene, etc.) 1461 1288 1182 1208 1302 1120 1159
      Insecticides and Rat Poisons 1861 2113 1911 2562 2443 1896 1785

      * Red numbers denote an increase of 20% or more.

      * Blue numbers denote a decrease of 20% or more.