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The present study is a prospective study of poisoning cases (excluding animal bites) brought to the Civil Hospital Ahmadabad, from 1st October 2006 to 30th September 2007. Total 366 cases of acute poisoning were recorded over a period of one year. Of these 70.8% were males and 29.2% female. The majority (45.08%) cases were from age group of 21–30 years. 71.6% cases were from rural area. Commonest type of poison was pesticide in 33.9% cases, followed by household chemicals 26.8%, in 74.6% cases cause of poisoning was intentional. Fatality in pesticide poisoning was 25.8%. Our data supports the other study from India regarding Age and Sex distribution. However, compared to data reported from poison information centre, NIOH, Ahmedabad, Household chemicals were encountered as the 2nd most common cause of poisoning. Of these Acid Ingestion accounted for 55.10% cases of household chemical cases. The prevention and treatment of poisoning due to pesticide and household poisoning should merit high priority and need for identifying unknown substance in the health care of Gujarat population.
Prajapati et al. (Sat,) studied this question.