Epidemiology of voluntary intoxications in Morocco from 1980 to 2014

Voluntary intoxication is a real problem that continues to increase significantly in morocco. the present work aims to describe the characteristics of patients intentionally intoxicated and to determine the risk factors that can influence the prognosis of patients. for this, we have done a retrospective study of voluntary intoxication between january 1980 to december 2014.the aim of this study was to determine the epidemiological profile, and the risk factors of all the empoisoning cases reported to the moroccan antipoisoning and pharmaco-vigilance center (mappc). during the study period, 29 267 cases of voluntary poisonings and 764 deaths were declared to the mappc, the number of recorded deaths varies from one year to the next, from one region to another. the correlation and relative risk study shows a strong relationship between lifethreatening conditions and the majority of the variables studied.