Injury-related deaths among women aged 10–50 years in Bangladesh, 1996–97

Yusuf, Hussain; Akhter, Halida H.; Rahman, Mohammad Maksudur; Chowdhury, Mahbub Elahi; Rochat, Roger W.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02088-2

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“…A recent study demonstrated that 44% of all deaths almost amongst 10-50 year old woman in Bangladesh were due to poisoning the majority following suicidal ingestion of pesticides [15].…”

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Epidemiological Study of Medicolegal Organophosphorus Poisoning in Central Region of Nepal

Mishra¹

2012

J Forensic Res

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Organophosphorus (OP) pesticide self-poisoning is an important clinical problem in rural regions of the developing world. OP compounds are chemical compounds containing carbon-phosphorus bonds, primarily used in pest control and are often persistent organic pollutants. They are easily accessible, thus they are a commonly associated with suicides and accidental poisoning in Nepal.In present study one hundred and seventy one patients with severe OP poisoning were admitted in the emergency ward of National Medical College and Teaching Hospital and Narayani Sub-Regional Hospital, Birgunj, Nepal from January 2010 to December 2011, were studied for a detailed epidemiological and medicolegal analysis.The mean age group was 28 years, was prone to most of the cases. Most of the admitted cases were of suicidal as well as accidental in nature and women were the main victim than children. Suicidal deaths due to ingestion of OP compound are very common in Nepal, especially in women. The reason may be the increasing stress in the family and economic constraints. Accidental deaths due to occupational exposure or inhalation of OP compounds are reported but in these cases mortality rate is less than that suicidal poisoning. Further study should be needed by government and national and international NGO to evaluate it.

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“…A recent study demonstrated that 44% of all deaths almost amongst 10-50 year old woman in Bangladesh were due to poisoning the majority following suicidal ingestion of pesticides [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Epidemiological Study of Medicolegal Organophosphorus Poisoning in Central Region of Nepal

Mishra¹

2012

J Forensic Res

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“…This result is also consistent with the study 36 mentioned above. Most of the poisoning cases were from urban area (urban 84% Vs rural 16%), which is different from that of other type of poisoning 33 . Muslims were predominant (93.20%).…”

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“…In Bangladesh self-poisoning cases are mostly by organophosphorous compound (OPC). A study demonstrated that 14% of all deaths amongst 10-50-year-old women in Bangladesh were due to poisoning, the majority following suicidal ingestion of pesticides 33 . The majority of these cases are from rural area.…”

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Clinico-Epidemiological Study of Self-Poisoning by Different Pharmaceutical Agents

Ahmed

Rahman

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J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll

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Background: In Bangladesh self-poisoning cases are mostly of organophosphorous compound (OPC). It is documented that 14% of all deaths amongst 10 to 50 year old women in Bangladesh were due to poisoning, the majority following suicidal ingestion of pesticides. In tertiary level hospital, a large number of self-poisoning cases are of different pharmaceutical agents, mostly from urban areas and mostly of teenager group. So the trend of self-poisoning is different in urban area than that of rural area. These pharmaceutical agent self-poisoning cases admitted into the hospitals have different modalities of clinical features with variable outcomes and socioeconomic background. But there is no actual data of these self-poisoning by the different pharmaceutical agents. Therefore, this study was aimed to describe the pattern of self-poisoning by different pharmaceutical agents. Methods: A descriptive longitudinal study was conducted in five adult medicine units of a tertiary level hospital from January 2008 to June 2008. All self-poisoned patients with different pharmaceutical agents were included with their prior informed written consent. A pre-tested questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: A total of 281 patients were interviewed. Most of the patients were female (70.8%) with highest age range from 13 to 30 years (91.81%). Most of the patients were students (53%) and 40.9% were secondary school certificate pass. 60.1% patients were unmarried. Most of the patients were from urban area (84%). The commonest background for self-poisoning was family disharmony (74.46%). Most common offending pharmaceutical agents were benzodiazepines (44.10%), collected mostly from local dispensary without prescription (89.33%). Most of the patients consulted within 1 to 2 hours of poisoning (44.5%). Commonest consultation before admission was in a Government hospital (48.40%). Only 3 patients (1.10%) were known to have psychiatric illness. Five patients (1.80%) had previous history of self-poisoning. Most of the patients (89.3%) stayed in the hospital for 1 day with no mortality. Conclusion: Self poisoning by pharmaceutical agents is common especially in urban areas. Common offending pharmaceutical agents were benzodiazepines. The commonest background for self-poisoning was family disharmony. [J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll 2016;8(1): 17-22]

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“…Furthermore, a review of poisoning studies reveals that pesticides are the most common way of self-poisoning in many rural areas and are associated with a high mortality rate (Eddleston, 2000). A recent national survey, in the year 2000, in Bangladesh showed that 14% of all deaths (3971 of 28,998) of women between 10 and 50 years of age were due to self-poisoning; the majority of which used pesticides (Yusuf, Akhter et al, 2000). The problem is particularly severe in Sri Lanka (Berger, 1988; Van der Hoek, Konradsen et al, 1998), where pesticide poisoning was the commonest cause of hospital death in six rural districts in 1995 (Sri_Lanka, 1995).…”

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