Editing Poison (section)

==Epidemiology==
In 2010, poisoning resulted in about 180,000 deaths down from 200,000 in 1990.<ref name=Loz2012>{{cite journal|last=Lozano|first=R|title=Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010|journal=Lancet|date=Dec 15, 2012|volume=380|issue=9859|pages=2095–128|pmid=23245604|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61728-0|pmc=10790329|hdl=10536/DRO/DU:30050819|s2cid=1541253|url=https://zenodo.org/record/2557786|hdl-access=free}}</ref> There were approximately 727,500 emergency department visits in the United States involving poisonings—3.3% of all injury-related encounters.<ref>Villaveces A, Mutter R, Owens PL, Barrett ML. ''Causes of Injuries Treated in the Emergency Department, 2010.'' HCUP Statistical Brief #156. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May 2013.[http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb156.jsp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120235127/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb156.jsp|date=2017-01-20}}</ref>