Table 5:

Costs of poisonings in British Columbia by patient disposition, age group (years) and sex, 2016

Age group (population) and sex	Patient disposition, cost, $					Total direct costs, $	Per capita cost, $
Age group (population) and sex	Deaths	Hospital admission	ED	Ambulance	BC DPIC	Total direct costs, $	Per capita cost, $
Direct costs^*
Total^* (4 859 250)	12 498 167	67 174 801	25 801 820	2 125 344	750 654	108 350 785	22.30
< 15 (703 176)	0	2 051 030	784 021	71 172	531 563	3 437 786	4.89
15–24 (589 297)	1 186 425	11 344 913	4 401 531	357 789	54 119	17 344 777	29.43
25–64 (2 721 148)	10 456 162	41 992 987	16 577 542	1 387 134	116 291	70 530 116	25.92
65–74 (489 618)	608 735	5 980 987	2 175 265	172 653	24 651	8 962 292	18.30
> 75 (356 011)	246 845	5 804 884	1 863 461	136 595	24 030	8 075 816	22.68
Male (2 405 364)	9 303 546	31 279 613	18 312 276	1 371 506	375 990	60 642 931	25.21
< 15 (360 168)	0	512 236	359 625	31 324	283 281	1 186 467	3.29
15–24 (307 750)	844 537	3 647 082	2 488 168	189 146	22 834	7 191 766	23.37
25–64 (1 342 218)	7 949 242	22 027 025	12 657 557	953 496	51 677	43 638 997	32.51
65–74 (238 563)	361 378	2 900 353	1 582 795	108 847	9912	4 963 285	20.80
> 75 (156 665)	148 389	2 192 917	1 224 131	88 693	8286	3 662 416	23.38
Female (2 453 886)	3 194 621	35 895 187	7 489 544	753 837	374 664	47 707 854	19.44
< 15 (343 008)	0	1 538 794	424 396	39 847	248 282	2 251 319	6.56
15–24 (281 547)	341 889	7 697 831	1 913 363	168 643	31 285	10 153 011	36.06
25–64 (1 378 930)	2 506 920	19 965 961	3 919 985	433 638	64 614	26 891 118	19.50
65–74 (251 055)	247 357	3 080 634	592 470	63 806	14 739	3 999 007	15.93
> 75 (199 346)	98 455	3 611 967	639 330	47 903	15 744	4 413 399	22.14
Indirect costs^*
Total (4 859 250)	702 010 205	1 604 333	N/A	N/A	N/A	703 614 538	144.80
15–24 (589 297)	143 391 615	341 970				143 733 584	243.91
25–64 (2 721 148)	558 618 590	1 262 364				559 880 954	205.75
Male (2 405 364)	525 000 709	697 236				525 697 944	218.55
15–24 (307 750)	98 586 712	100 694				98 687 406	320.67
25–64 (1 342 218)	426 413 997	596 542				427 010 538	318.14
Female (2 453 886)	177 009 496	907 098				177 916 594	72.50
15–24 (281 547)	44 804 902	241 276				45 046 178	160.00
25–64 (1 378 930)	132 204 594	665 822				132 870 416	96.36

Note: BC DPIC = British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre, ED = emergency department, N/A = not applicable.
↵* Bolded values are total values for direct costs, indirect costs and total costs.