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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits Attributed to Intentional Poisoning


  • In 2009, there were an estimated 14,720 emergency department (ED) visits attributed to intentional drug poisoning
  • Three quarters (73 percent) of drug-related ED visits attributed to intentional poisoning were made by patients aged 21 or older
  • Females accounted for nearly two thirds of drug-related ED visits attributed to intentional poisoning (63 percent)
  • Approximately 60 percent of these ED visits in 2009 involved unidentified drugs, and a similar percentage involved alcohol in combination with other drugs

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