A retrospective study of poisoning deaths from forensic autopsy cases in northeast China (Liaoning)
Abstract
Acute poisoning is a public health threat that leads to morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this retrospective study, we evaluated autopsies from deaths caused by acute poisoning from 2008 to 2017 at the School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University (SFMCMU) in the Liaoning Province, northeast China. A total of 140 poisoning deaths were investigated and the demographic characteristics, causes and manner of death, toxics category were analyzed. The number of poisoning deaths gradually increased during the study period. The majority of poisoning deaths were accidents (66.43%), followed by suicides (27.86%), and homicides (3.57%). Of the 140 cases, 47 (33.57%) were caused by drugs, 38 (27.14%) by agrochemicals (mainly organophosphate pesticides, n = 16), 37 (26.43%) by respiratory dysfunction toxics (mainly carbon monoxide, n = 21), and 9 (6.43%) by poisonous plants and animals. Alcohol/methanol (5, 3.57%) and other chemicals (4, 2.86%) accounted for the remaining cases. The present study provides poisoning distribution in the Liaoning province and highlights implications for public health policy and prevention efforts in northeast China.
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In China, Wang et al. identified 140 cases of death by poisoning (7.11%) among 1968 autopsies, 27.8% of which were suicides.
“In a retrospective study of Wang et al. [24] conducted on 1968 autopsies, 140 cases of death by poisoning (7.11%) were identified, 27.8% of which were suicides.”
From Toxicological Findings of Self-Poisoning Suicidal Deaths: A Systematic Review by Countries (2022) · cites this paper as [24]
The autopsy rate in deaths by suicide and poisoning is still low.
“The autopsy rate in deaths by suicide and poisoning is still low [21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28].”
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- Authors
- Wang, L.-L., Zhang, M., Zhang, W., Li, B.-X., Li, R.-B., Zhu, B.-L., Wu, X., Guan, D.-W., Zhang, G.-H., & Zhao, R.
- Affiliations
- China Medical University (CN)
- Criminal Investigation Police University of China (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhang, Miao
- Zhang, Wei
- Zhao, Rui
- Venue
- Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-04
- Volume
- 63
- Pages
- 7-10
- ISSN
- 1752-928X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2917454320
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFC0807204)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81801874, 81772023, 81671862, 81871529)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Historical and Scientific Studies
- Keywords
- forensic autopsy, drug overdose, organophosphorus pesticides, carbon monoxide poisoning, suicide, accidental poisoning, poisoning prevention, Liaoning Province
- MeSH terms
- Accidents, Blood Alcohol Content, Adolescent, Adult, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Child, China, Female, Homicide, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Organ Failure, Plants, Toxic, Poisoning, Respiratory Insufficiency, Retrospective Studies, Suicide, Agrochemicals, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, Forensic Toxicology, Young Adult
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