Chan T Y, Chan A Y, Pang C W
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Hum Exp Toxicol. 1997 Apr;16(4):204-7. doi: 10.1177/096032719701600408.
Little is known about the incidence and pattern of poisonings in Hong Kong. Hence, adults (subjects aged > or = 15 years) and children (subjects aged < or = 14 years) hospitalized in the Princess Margaret Hospital in 1994 with ICD codes of 960-977 (medicinal poisonings) or 980-989 (non-medicinal poisonings) were studied. This is the main general hospital with a 24-hour emergency department for the 0.68 million people living in the New Territories South. Sex and age specific rates per 100,000 population were calculated. The incidence of poisoning in 1994 was 113.5/100,000. The incidence was higher in males than in females (130.0 vs 96.4/100,000). Poisoning was more common in adults than in children (128.8 vs 44.9/100,000). Subjects with medicinal poisonings were predominantly young females and hypnotics/sedatives were the main agents involved. In contrast, males aged 35-64 years predominated in non-medicinal poisonings, which were mostly related to alcohol. In children, medicinal poisonings were more common than non-medicinal poisonings (24.9 vs 20.2/100,000). All of the nine deaths were adults.
关于香港中毒事件的发生率和模式，人们知之甚少。因此，我们对1994年在玛嘉烈医院住院、国际疾病分类代码为960 - 977（药物中毒）或980 - 989（非药物中毒）的成人（年龄≥15岁的受试者）和儿童（年龄≤14岁的受试者）进行了研究。这是一家主要的综合医院，为居住在新界南区的68万人提供24小时急诊服务。计算了每10万人口的性别和年龄特异性发病率。1994年中毒事件的发生率为113.5/10万。男性的发生率高于女性（分别为130.0/10万和96.4/10万）。中毒在成人中比在儿童中更常见（分别为128.8/10万和44.9/10万）。药物中毒的受试者主要是年轻女性，催眠药/镇静剂是主要涉及的药物。相比之下，35 - 64岁的男性在非药物中毒中占主导地位，这些中毒大多与酒精有关。在儿童中，药物中毒比非药物中毒更常见（分别为24.9/10万和20.2/10万）。9例死亡病例均为成人。
