The toxicological information service (sit) has published. The 2022 annual report on the 79,450 telephone inquiries received for poisoning or exposure. To toxic substances. The report states that the sit has received a total of 6,997 consultations during. Based on suicide attempts or autolysis, 29% more than the previous year. The toxicological information service (sit). Belonging to the national institute of toxicology and forensic sciences (intcf), has published. The annual report on telephone inquiries received as a result of poisoning or exposure. To toxic substances. In the report of this body attached to the ministry of justice, it is stated that suicide attempts using toxic substances have increased by 29% compared to 2021, registering a total of 6,997 consultations of this type.
According to the sit report
During the past year a total of 79,450 telephone consultations were answered, of which 62,651 were the consequence of poisoning and toxic exposures Albania Email List in humans, while 1,983 poisonings were suffered by animals and the remaining 14,816 were mere informative consultations. Not associated with poisoning. The vast majority of these poisonings that affected people -83.1%- responded to accidental causes, while 13.4% were voluntary. In general, poisonings affected more women (29.2%) than men (18.6%). Of the total consultations on poisoning in humans, including both accidental and voluntary, the sit report reflects a predominance of those caused by medicines (54.3%), followed by cleaning products (20.6%), products household (6.8%), cosmetics (6.2%), industrial products (3.6%) and biocides (3.2%). The predominant route of entry was oral (80.7%), followed.
Drug poisoning regarding drug poisoning
Inhalation (7%). Voluntary poisonings according to these toxicology data, of the 8,246 consultations for voluntary poisoning, in 83% (6,997 consultations) of the EG Lists cases the cause was attempted suicide or autolysis. The most affected group within this category was the age group of 11 to 15 years, with 19.7% of the total, followed by 13.3% of cases belonging to the age group of 16 to 19 years. By gender, suicide attempts occurred mainly in women, 65.9% of the total. In 86.4% of these voluntary poisonings, the predominant poison was medications, especially those that affect the central nervous system (81.8% of the total). The drugs most consumed with the intention of committing suicide or autolysis, according to the consultations received, were anxiolytics, especially those derived from benzodiazepines.
