The comparative study of mortality rate on Aluminium phosphide poisoning in three districts of Himachal Pradesh

Abstract

Poisoning is one of the most common causes of death after natural death. According to the World Health Organization estimated that about one million people die due to pesticide poisoning annually. Pesticide poisoning is increasing rapidly from year to year. Overall mortality in cases of Aluminium phosphide poisoning varies between 70-100 percent. The most common pesticide agents are organophosphorus and Aluminium phosphide in particular. Aluminium phosphide is a fumigant pesticide rapidly used in the Indian sub-continent as a grain preservative. In our research, we collected data from the years 2019 -2023 during an internship period of three months in the state of Himachal Pradesh. We noticed that Aluminium phosphide cases are increasing heavily in numbers. It is observed that in the three districts of Himachal Pradesh poison cases are rising from year to year. The three districts are Una, Chamba, and Kangra. Over the last five years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of cases of Aluminium phosphide patients with aluminum phosphide death in the past 5 years. In Aluminum poisoning 95 per of deaths occur within 24 hours of Aluminum phosphide ingestion.