Hospital admission numbers and rates for poisoning in children under 5 years of age from 2000/2001 to 2011/2012
| Year | All poisoning | Medicinal | Organic solvents | Unspecified substances | Corrosive substances | Gases* | Soaps and detergents | Pesticides | Alcohol | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | n | Rate | |
| 2000/2001 | 5634 | 178.8 | 4279 | 135.8 | 532 | 16.9 | 268 | 8.5 | 128 | 4.1 | 178 | 5.6 | 44 | 1.4 | 100 | 3.2 | 82 | 2.6 |
| 2001/2002 | 5101 | 165 | 3740 | 121 | 558 | 18.1 | 249 | 8.1 | 113 | 3.7 | 173 | 5.6 | 53 | 1.7 | 119 | 3.8 | 62 | 2 |
| 2002/2003 | 4780 | 165.9 | 3498 | 121.4 | 525 | 18.2 | 225 | 7.8 | 110 | 3.8 | 163 | 5.7 | 50 | 1.7 | 112 | 3.9 | 74 | 2.6 |
| 2003/2004 | 4478 | 156.2 | 3401 | 118.6 | 351 | 12.2 | 200 | 7 | 100 | 3.5 | 139 | 4.8 | 88 | 3.1 | 102 | 3.6 | 74 | 2.6 |
| 2004/2005 | 4469 | 155.4 | 3435 | 119.4 | 314 | 10.9 | 205 | 7.1 | 107 | 3.7 | 134 | 4.7 | 87 | 3 | 103 | 3.6 | 67 | 2.3 |
| 2005/2006 | 4538 | 156.1 | 3521 | 121.1 | 318 | 10.9 | 201 | 6.9 | 105 | 3.6 | 125 | 4.3 | 85 | 2.9 | 96 | 3.3 | 66 | 2.3 |
| 2006/2007 | 4506 | 152.1 | 3516 | 118.7 | 293 | 9.9 | 169 | 5.7 | 114 | 3.8 | 117 | 3.9 | 99 | 3.3 | 116 | 3.9 | 63 | 2.1 |
| 2007/2008 | 4254 | 139.5 | 3364 | 110.3 | 240 | 7.9 | 145 | 4.8 | 94 | 3.1 | 142 | 4.7 | 105 | 3.4 | 86 | 2.8 | 57 | 1.9 |
| 2008/2009 | 4112 | 130.8 | 3234 | 102.9 | 261 | 8.3 | 146 | 4.6 | 96 | 3.1 | 100 | 3.2 | 109 | 3.5 | 89 | 2.8 | 62 | 2 |
| 2009/2010 | 3981 | 124 | 3062 | 95.3 | 253 | 7.9 | 183 | 5.7 | 118 | 3.7 | 98 | 3.1 | 118 | 3.7 | 82 | 2.6 | 57 | 1.8 |
| 2010/2011 | 4307 | 131.3 | 3314 | 101 | 302 | 9.2 | 186 | 5.7 | 142 | 4.3 | 116 | 3.5 | 111 | 3.4 | 85 | 2.6 | 44 | 1.3 |
| 2011/2012 | 4597 | 138.5 | 3606 | 108.7 | 286 | 8.6 | 219 | 6.6 | 140 | 4.2 | 113 | 3.4 | 98 | 3 | 75 | 2.3 | 51 | 1.5 |
Hospital admission rates are per 100 000 children per year.
Rates are shown for the types of poisoning with the highest eight admission rates in 2011/2012.
Hospital admission rates for ‘Other inorganic substances’, ‘Metals’ and ‘Halogen derivatives of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons’ were all less than 1 per 100 000 and are not shown in this table.
*Gases include carbon monoxide.