- U.S. poison centers answer more than 4 million calls each year. That is one call every eight seconds.
- Poison centers are open to take your call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in 161 languages as well as from hearing impaired.
- Children age five and under make up more than half of all poison exposures.
- Teens show a higher rate of intentional poison exposures than other age groups. Almost half of all teen poison exposures are intentional
- Adults make up 90% of poisoning deaths. The highest rate of poisoning deaths is in adults age 40-59.
- People call poison centers most often about analgesics (pain medicine).
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