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Each day, approximately 5 children and adolescents ages <1-19 in the United States die from poisoning-related injury death.1 According to the 2019-2021 CDC WISQARS data, unintentional poisoning and suicide poisoning are two of the top 10 leading causes of injury deaths among children and adolescents.2 Unintentional poisoning is the 10th leading cause of injury deaths in infants under 1 year of age, the 7th leading cause for children and adolescents ages 10-14, and the 3rd leading cause for adolescents ages 15-19.2 Suicide poisoning is the 10th leading cause of injury deaths for adolescents ages 10-14, and the 7th leading cause of injury deaths for adolescents ages 15-19.2 Over the past 10 years, poisoning deaths have more than doubled in children and adolescents, from 928 per 100,000 in 2012 to 2,157 per 100,000 in 2021.3
In this webinar, Dr. Kaitlyn Brown, PharmD and Diplomate of the American Board of Applied Toxicology, of America’s Poison Centers and Deirdre M. George Davis, MPH, MBA, of the Indiana Poison Center will lead a discussion on pediatric and adolescent poisoning exposures. This webinar will be moderated by Richard Fogelson, CEO of America’s Poison Centers and a CSN-A Member.
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). (2019-2021). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal/index.html.
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Leading Causes of Death and Injury. (2019-2021). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/leadingcauses.html.
3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS). (2012-2021). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal/index.html.
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