Plant and Mushroom Poisoning Statistics Summary

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Fatality Cases Seperated into Categories By Reason

Year Total Deaths Intentional Unintentional Unknown Not Available/ Other Notes
2016 Plants 11 6 1 2 2
2016 Mushrooms 2 0 1 0 1
2015 Plants 5 2 0 1 2
2015 Mushrooms 1 0 0 0 1
2014 Plants 4 0 2 0 2
2014 Mushrooms 3 1 3 0 0
2013 Plants 2 3 0 0 0 Unexplained discrepancy between total and Intentional
2013 Mushrooms 1 0 0 0 1
2012 Plants 2 0 0 0 2
2012 Mushrooms 7 1 5 0 1
2011 Plants 4 3 0 0 1
2011 Mushrooms 2 0 0 0 2
2010 Plants 2 1 1 0 0
2010 Mushrooms 1 1 0 0 0

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