Epidemiologic profile of the suicidal intoxication in the TadlaAzilal region, Morocco
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR) - Year 2013, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
The region of Tadla-Azilal is one of the Moroccan regions that are mostly affected by the voluntary intoxications with a suicidal aim, while the exact dimensions of this phenomenon are still poorly identified. This study seeks to describe the characteristics related to this kind of intoxication, in order to understand the posed problem and to reduce the morbi-mortality which results from it. A retrospective study was carried out on the reported suicidal cases of intoxications in the period between 2000 and 2008, at the Poison and Pharmacology Center of Morocco (CAPM). During the study period, the Tadla-Azilal region had registered 1 033 cases of suicidal intoxications, of which 38 cases died, namely a fatality of 3.7%. The average age of the patients was 28,94±15,92 years. The sex-ratio (woman/man) was 1.69. The relation study showed a strong link between the favorable evolution and the female adolescents on the one hand, and between the unfavorable evolution and the male adults on the other hand. According to the results of the relative risk evaluation , the voluntarily intoxicated patients ,by taking the pesticides , had presented four times the risk to progress towards death compared to other incriminated products (RR=4,26; CI95%: 1,85-9,81).
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l. Ouammi, El Khaddam,
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