Table 1 Gender-based comparison of acute poisoning and relevant death by class of agent affecting the nervous system
From: Age- and gender-specific acute poisoning with drugs and medications affecting nervous system
Medication/drug Class | No. of admitted patients (%) | Died due to poisoning | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Total | p value | Female | Male | Total | p valuea | |
Illicit drugs | 1103 (18.14) | 4979 (81.86) | 6082 (20.91) | < 0.0001 | 25 (11.42) | 194 (88.58) | 219 (3.60) | < 0.0001 |
Benzodiazepine | 3081 (58.99) | 2142 (41.01) | 5223 (17.96) | < 0.0001 | 9 (33.33) | 18 (66.67) | 27 (0.52) | 0.322 |
Drugs Used in Addictive Disorders | 1296 (24.49) | 3996 (75.51) | 5292 (18.20) | < 0.0001 | 10 (12.50) | 70 (87.50) | 80 (1.55) | < 0.0001 |
Antiepileptics | 2639 (58.62) | 1863 (41.38) | 4502 (15.48) | < 0.0001 | 11 (47.83) | 12 (52.17) | 23 (0.51) | 0.624 |
Opioids | 1105 (38.85) | 1739 (61.15) | 2844 (9.78) | < 0.0001 | 3 (20.00) | 12 (80.00) | 15 (0.50) | 0.075 |
Antidepressants | 1926 (71.89) | 753 (28.11) | 2679 (9.21) | < 0.0001 | 7 (77.78) | 2 (22.22) | 9 (0.34) | 0.033 |
Antipsychotics | 656 (56.12) | 513 (43.88) | 1169 (4.02) | < 0.0001 | 3 (30.00) | 7 (70.00) | 10 (0.86) | 0.417 |
Analgesics | 268 (64.89) | 145 (35.11) | 413 (1.42) | < 0.0001 | 1 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.24) | 0.246 |
Hypnotics and Sedatives | 161 (58.33) | 115 (41.67) | 276 (0.95) | < 0.0001 | 0 (0.00) | 1 (100.00) | 1 (0.36) | 0.389 |
Alcohol | 26 (12.32) | 185 (87.68) | 211 (0.73) | < 0.0001 | 0 (0.00) | 3 (100.00) | 3 (1.42) | 0.133 |
Psychostimulants | 68 (32.69) | 139 (67.15) | 207 (0.71) | 0.003 | 0 (0.00) | 5 (100.00) | 5 (2.40) | 0.053 |
Antiparkinson | 56 (44.44) | 70 (55.56) | 126 (0.43) | 0.696 | 1 (50.00) | 1 (50.00) | 2 (1.59) | 0.833 |
Anxiolytics | 35 (71.43) | 14 (28.57) | 49 (0.17) | < 0.0001 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | - |
Other Nervous System Drugs | 3 (60.00) | 2 (40.00) | 5 (0.02) | 0.435 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | - |
Anesthetics | 1 (33.33) | 2 (66.67) | 3 (0.01) | 0.741 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | - |
Antidementia | 2 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.01) | 0.101 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | - |
Total | 12,426 (42.73) | 16,657 (57.27) | 29,083 (100.00) | - | 70 (17.72) | 325 (82.28) | 395 (1.36) | - |