A profile of poisoning cases admitted in rims hospital, Imphal

348 cases of Acute poisoning admitted in the Department of Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Imphal during 1996 to 2000 were studied. 76.72% of the cases were in the age group of 13 to 30 years. Male and Female ratio. was 0.99: 1.01. Insecticides were the commonest agent (53.73%) followed by disinfectants/antiseptics (10.63%). The maximum cases (81.61%) were of suicide and rest (J8.39%) were of accident. No case of homicide was observed. The mortality was 6.9% in which insecticides were responsible for 5.75% and acids for 1.15%.