Childhood poisoning in Australia

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Release Date: 11 Oct 2006

Topic: Injury

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AIHW, Cripps R, Steel D 2006. Childhood poisoning in Australia. Cat. no. INJCAT 90. Canberra: AIHW.

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AIHW, Cripps R, Steel D. (2006). Childhood poisoning in Australia. Canberra: AIHW.

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Each year in Australia since 1999-00 about 4,700 cases of poisoning in children under the age of 15 years resulted in hospitalisation. Of these, 63% were due to poisoning by pharmaceutical substances and 37% to poisoning by non-pharmaceutical substances.

ISSN: 1833-024X
Cat. no: INJCAT 90
Pages: 12

Key findings
Introduction
Hospitalisations, Australia, 1999-00 to 2003-04
Age and sex
Principal diagnosis
The nature of poisoning admissions
Length of stay in hospital
Place of occurrence and activity
Discussion
The effectiveness of child-resistant packaging of medication
References
Data issues
- Cases included
- Age adjustment
- Data quality

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