Epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka

被引：93

作者：

Eddleston, M

Gunnell, D

Karunaratne, A

De Silva, D

Sheriff, MHR

Buckley, NA

机构：

[1] Univ Colombo, Dept Clin Med, Fac Med, Colombo 8, Sri Lanka

[2] Univ Oxford, Ctr Trop Med, S Asian Clin Toxicol Res Collaborat, Oxford OX1 2JD, England

[3] Univ Bristol, Dept Social Med, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England

[4] Off Provincial Director Hlth Serv, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

[5] Australian Natl Univ, Sch Med, Dept Clin Pharmacol & Toxicol, Canberra, ACT, Australia

来源：

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY | 2005年 / 187卷

基金：

英国惠康基金;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1192/bjp.187.6.583

中图分类号：

R749 [精神病学];

学科分类号：

100205 ;

摘要：

We investigated the epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka by prospectively recording 2189 admissions to two secondary hospitals. Many patients were young (median age 25 years), male (57%) and used pesticides (49%). Of the 198 who died, 156 were men (case fatality 12.4%) and 42 were women (4.5%). Over half of female deaths were in those under 25 years old; male deaths were spread more evenly across age groups. Oleander and paraquat caused 74% of deaths in people under 25 years old; thereafter organophosphorous pesticides caused many deaths. Although the age pattern of self-poisoning was similar to that of industrialised countries, case fatality was more than 15 times higher and the pattern of fatal self-poisoning different.

引用

页码：583 / 584

页数：2

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