Socio Demographic Profile of the Poisoning Cases in Kashmir Valley

Abstract

A retrospective study of poisoning cases admitted in ICU [Department of

Anaesthesiology and Critical Care GMC Srinagar] from Jan 2006 to May 2014

was conducted to evaluate the socio demographic variables and type of poison

consumed in these cases. Organophosphorous poisoning cases were

predominant, amounting to 394 cases. Maximum cases (281) were in the age

group of 18 to 35 years. Female predominance was seen in the study

population. It was observed that unmarried people (294) had high incidence of

poisoning as compared to married people (150). Most of the cases admitted in

ICU were from south zone (204) which had a population of 2,328,950 as

compared to central (129) and north (111) zones of Kashmir that had a

population of 1,250,173 and 2,573,169 respectively.