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Table 2 Five-year excess mortality according to sex and main toxic agent

From: Five-year mortality after acute poisoning treated in ambulances, an Emergency outpatient clinic and hospitals in Oslo

  

Ambulance

 

Outpatient clinic

 

Hospital

 

Total

 

Sex

         

 - Males

Dead N (%)

85

(19)

68

(16)

43

(14)

196

(16)

 

SMR (CI)

12.7

(10.0–15.5)

9.5

(7.5–12.1)

5.5

(3.9–7.2)

9.1

(7.8–10.3)

 - Females

Dead N (%)

27

(11)

18

(9)

44

(11)

89

(10)

 

SMR (CI)

9.0

(5.6–12.4)

11.5

(6.2–16.8)

6.3

(4.4–8.1)

7.7

(6.1–9.3)

Main toxic agent

         

 - Opioid

Dead N (%)

57

(18)

23

(18)

12

(24)

92

(18)

 

SMR (CI)

35.1

26.0–44.2)

35.3

(23.5–53.0)

10.4

(4.5–16.2)

26.8

(21.3–32.3)

 - Ethanol

Dead N (%)

32

(14)

50

(15)

18

(16)

100

(14)

 

SMR (CI)

5.5

(4.3–7.0)

7.8

(5.9–10.3)

8.1

(4.4–11.9)

6.9

(5.6–8.3)

 - Prescription drugs

Dead N (%)

14

(20)

4

(5)

48

(12)

66

(12)

 

SMR (CI)

9.0

(5.3–15.2)

6.5

(2.4–17.3)

5.1

(3.6–6.5)

5.7

(4.3–7.0)

 - Other

Dead N (%)

9

(15)

9

(10)

9

(7)

27

(10)

 

SMR (CI)

13.6

(4.7–22.5)

8.7

(4.5–16.7)

4.6

(1.6–7.6)

7.4

(4.6–10.2)

Total

Dead N (%)

112

(16)

86

(13)

87

(12)

285

(14)

 

SMR (CI)

11.6

(9.4–13.7)

9.9

(8.0–12.2)

5.9

(4.6–7.1)

8.6

(7.6–9.6)

  1. SMR: Age and sex adjusted standardized mortality rate.
  2. Excess mortality in the 2045 patients treated for acute poisoning at different health care levels in Oslo in 2003.