Statistics

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“Top 10″ Exposures

Washington Poison Center maintains data on all our exposures.
View our 2010 and 2011 data.

National Data for 2008 compared with WAPC Data

National data (from the American Association of Poison Control Centers)

• Nationwide, 2,479,200 human exposures were reported to poison centers
• Of these 72.9% were managed over the telephone and did not need to go to a health care facility
• Almost 45% of human exposures were followed-up by poison center staff
• Over 130,000 pet owners called a poison center about their animals
• Calls about children under the age of six made up about 52% of all cases

WAPC 2008 data

• Human exposures reported to WAPC: 67,714
• Of these, over 81% were managed over the telephone and did not need to go to a health care facility
• Almost 30% of human exposures were followed-up by WAPC staff
• Over 8700 pet owners called WAPC about their animal friends (note: there is a $45 fee for animal calls)
• Over 53 % of all case calls were about children under the age of six

Washington State Department of Health Data—2007

• Poisoning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death
• Poisoning was the number two cause of unintentional hospitalizations
• There were 5,241 nonfatal hospitalizations due to poisoning—2,506 were unintentional
• Just over 531 seniors over 65-years-old were hospitalized for a nonfatal poisoning