ArticleBMC geriatrics2023
Trends in intentional and unintentional poisonings among older adults - A national register-based study in Sweden.
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- Prevalence and determinant of poor treatment outcome of poisoning in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Accidental and intentional poisonings in Colombia (2015-2023): Social and territorial inequalities affecting public health.Toxicology reports · 2026Article
- Incidence and characteristics of poisonings in older adults with and without dementia: a matched cohort study using Swedish registry data.Age and ageing · 2026Article
- Borderline personality disorder and other psychiatric, somatic, and behavioral conditions: a nationwide family study.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Fatal carbon monoxide poisoning in older adults: findings from a 15-year series of forensic autopsies in Turkey.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of poisoning in elderly Iranians: a narrative review with global context.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Repeated hospital admission for intentional poisonings among older adults - a Swedish national register-based study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Trends of fall-related and other fatal injuries in older adults in Finland between 1998 and 2020.European journal of public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAmong older people intentional poisoning outnumber unintentional ones. While there are indications that time trends differ by poisoning intent, studies are scarce. We assessed how the annual prevalence of intentional and unintentional poisoning changed over time, overall and by demographic groups.
methodsWe conducted a national open cohort study of individuals aged 50-100 years, resident in Sweden during 2005-2016. Individuals were followed up in population-based registers for their demographic and health attributes from 2006-2016. Annual prevalence of hospitalization and death by poisoning intent (unintentional vs. intentional or undetermined; ICD-10 definitions) were compiled for the categories of four demographic attributes (age, sex, marital status, and birth cohort "baby boomers"). The time trends were assessed by multinomial logistic regression with year as an independent variable.
resultsThe annual overall prevalence of hospitalization and death by intentional poisonings consistently exceeded that of unintentional poisonings. There was a significant downward trend in intentional poisonings but not in unintentional ones. This difference in trends also applied when considering men and women separately, married and unmarried people, the young-old individuals (but not the older- or oldest-old ones), and the baby boomers and non-baby boomers. The largest demographic differences within intent were found between married and unmarried people, and the smallest one between men and women.
conclusionAs expected, the annual prevalence of intentional poisonings considerably exceed that of unintentional ones among Swedish older people. The recent trends reveal a significant reduction of intentional poisonings, consistent across a range of demographic attributes. The scope for action regarding this preventable cause of mortality and morbidity remains considerable.
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