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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of pesticide poisoning among children in Zhejiang province, China

From: Childhood pesticide poisoning in Zhejiang, China: a retrospective analysis from 2006 to 2015

 

Incident Number

Death Number

Fatality rate (%)

Total

2952

66

2.24

Sex

 Male

1607

28

1.74

 Female

1345

38

2.83

Age group

 Infant

48

2

4.17

 Pre-school

1349

12

0.89

 School

286

4

1.40

 Adolescent

1269

48

3.78

Area

 Urban

656

14

2.13

 Rural

2296

52

2.26

Geography

 Flatlands

1531

45

2.94

 Hills

1421

21

1.48

Season

 Spring

762

9

1.18

 Summer

896

21

2.34

 Fall

811

19

2.34

 Winter

483

17

3.52