- 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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