Table 1 General Practitioner's opinion on likelihood of symptoms being related to pesticides
Reason for Consultation | New or Recurring Symptoms | GP's opinion on likelihood of symptoms being pesticide-related | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Likely | Possible | Unlikely | Definitely not | Total | ||
Because of concern about pesticide exposure | Asymptomatic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Recurring | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
Newly occurring | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
Not known | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Total | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 42 | |
Pesticide exposure not mentioned by patient | Asymptomatic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14490 |
Recurring | 5 | 528 | 13451 | 20207 | 34191 | |
Newly occurring | 2 | 972 | 4165 | 4020 | 9159 | |
Not known | 0 | 81 | 932 | 425 | 1438 | |
Total | 7 | 1581 | 18548 | 24652 | 59278 | |
Overall total | 20 | 1599 | 18557 | 24653 | 59320 | |