![]() ![]() ![]() This is limited by the assumption that patients that presented to us are representative of all those with poisonings in our local population. We found an increase in incidence, mortality, and case fatality rate with successive years. Such data were also included in the study. The cases of immediate death at spot due to poisoning (intentional or unintentional) are also admitted to the emergency unit of the same study center for the postmortem analysis, as this hospital is the only center for that. The availability of other public hospitals in the Nilgiris District reduces the chances of admission of patients those who are not belonging to Udhagamandalam region to this study site. The present study examines the incidence, mortality, and case fatality rates among patients presenting with poisoning in one hospital in Southern India. ![]()
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