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Table 1 Demographic data for 2261 patients treated for acute poisoning at Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic during one year

From: Patients presenting with acute poisoning to an outpatient emergency clinic: a one-year observational study in Oslo, Norway

 

Males n (%)

Females n (%)

Total

Certain identitya

1301 (91)

794 (96)**

2095 (93)

Uncertain identityb

104 (7)

30 (4)**

134 (6)

Unknown identity

25 (2)

7 (1)*

32 (1)

Episodes:

   

1

1213 (85)

740 (89)**

1953 (86)

2–5

201 (14)

87 (10)**

288 (13)

6–25

16 (1)

4 (<1)*

20 (1)

Age:

   

12–15

13 (1)

15 (2)

28 (1)

16–25

374 (26)

353 (42)

727 (32)

26–35

345 (24)

157 (19)**

502 (22)

36–45

286 (20)

121 (15)**

407 (18)

46–55

224 (16)

97 (12)**

321 (14)

56–65

103 (7)

46 (6)**

149 (7)

66–75

46 (3)

17 (2)**

63 (3)

>75

15 (1)

20 (2)

35 (2)

Unknown

24 (2)

5 (1)**

29 (1)

Total individuals

1430 (100)

831 (100)**

2261 (100)

  1. aPersons with National Registry personal identity number
  2. bPersons stating their identity, but without National Registry personal identity number
  3. P-values are given for comparisons of numbers of patients between sexes
  4. *Significant difference between sexes, p < 0.05
  5. **Significant difference between sexes, p < 0.001