Region* Frequency Percent of all animal calls Percent of total (human and animal) calls
1 33,602 2.5 2.7
2 103,463 7.5 4.7
3 192,393 14.0 6.2
4 291,898 21.3 5.3
5 188,705 13.8 3.8
6 144,890 10.6 4.2
7 26,304 1.9 1.9
8 79,037 5.8 5.8
9 198,419 14.5 5.0
10 103,849 7.6 6.3
Outside US 8,348 0.6 8.9
Unknown 187 0.0 5.7
Totals 1,371,095 100.0 4.7
*Regions include: 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont); 2(New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands); 3 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia); 4(Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee); 5 (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin); 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas); 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska); 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming); 9 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Other US territories and commonwealth); 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington). Overseas US, Canada, Mexico, and other countries were included in a single category of Outside US
Table 2: Distribution of all animal exposure calls reported to the National Poison Data System by geographic region of origin, January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2010.