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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	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
    Information calls	14,549	16,105	19,304	21,979	24,523	28,120	27,457
    Animal poisoning	2,059	1,963	1,975	2,123	1,979	2,179	2,064
    Pediatric poisonings  (<19 years of age)	29,127 (65%)	29,329 (64%)	29,688 (64%)	29,806 (64%)	28,995 (64%)	29,658 (64%)	29,447 (64%)
    Adult Poisonings  (>18 years of age)	15,738 (35%)	16,174 (36%)	16,743 (36%)	16,849 (36%)	16,319 (36%)	17,263 (36%)	17,178 (36%)
    Total calls	61,473	63,721	67,710	71,156	71,953	77,220	76,146

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    Location of Treatment of Poisoned Patients Managed by the Kentucky Regional Poison Center
    	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
    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	33,934(73.9 %)	32,952(72.4 %)	34,422(74.1 %)	34,510(73.6 %)	33,435(73.8 %)	33,929(72.6 %)	33,650(72.5 %)
    Managed in a Healthcare facility	10,885(24.3 %)	11,592(25.5 %)	11,112(23.9 %)	11,355(24.2 %)	10,938(24.1 %)	11,908(25.5 %)	11,879(25.6 %)
    Refused referral/unknown	812 (1.8%)	960 (2.1%)	897 (1.9%)	1022 (2.2%)	941 (2.1%)	909 (1.9%)	965 (2%)

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    Top 10 Categories - Most Frequent Human Exposures (all ages)
    	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
    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.)	5625	4939	5147	5210	5129	5620	5535
    Cleaning Substance - Household	4321	4041	4249	4235	3857	4016	3977
    Personal Care Products (perfumes, cosmetics dental care products, etc.)	6346	3860	3972	4067	3770	4158	4079
    Cough/Cold Products and Antihistamines	4182	3543	3781	3702	3862	3891	4250
    Plants and Mushrooms	2057	2125	2043	1710	1604	1433	1457
    Bites and Stings	1855	1935	1875	1954	1703	1827	1594
    Foreign Bodies	2041	2114	2211	2204	2260	2340	2393
    Sedative/Hypnotic	1911	2648	2799	2966	3155	3421	3317
    Food Poisoning	1340	1427	1360	1266	1211	1411	1339
    Hydrocarbons (gasoline, kerosene, etc.)	1519	1443	1461	1288	1182	1208	1302
    Insecticides and Rat Poisons	2425	1609	1861	2113	1911	2562	2443

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

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

     

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