Senewiratne B, Thambipillai S
Br J Prev Soc Med. 1974 Feb;28(1):32-6. doi: 10.1136/jech.28.1.32.
Four hundred and seventy-two cases of poisoning were seen over a two-year period in Kandy, Ceylon. The overall mortality was 23·7%. The pattern of poisoning was different from that in western countries in that 49·8% of the cases were due to insecticide poisoning and only 10·7% were due to drugs, including barbiturates. Insecticides accounted for 73·2% and drugs for only 4·5% of the 112 fatal cases. Of the fatal cases 51·7% were between the ages of 20 and 40 years and only 6·2% were over 50 years. The wastage of economically useful lives indicates the need for a poison centre.
在锡兰康提地区的两年时间里,共出现了472例中毒病例。总体死亡率为23.7%。中毒模式与西方国家不同,49.8%的病例是由杀虫剂中毒引起的,只有10.7%是由药物(包括巴比妥类药物)引起的。在112例致命病例中,杀虫剂占73.2%,药物仅占4.5%。在致命病例中,51.7%的患者年龄在20至40岁之间,只有6.2%的患者年龄超过50岁。经济上有用生命的浪费表明需要设立一个中毒控制中心。