Effect of prohibiting the use of Paraquat on pesticide-associated mortality

Kim, Jinyong; Shin, Sang Do; Jeong, Seungmin; Suh, Gil Joon; Kwak, Young Ho

doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4832-4

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Comparison of demographic characteristics among the intent of injury groups

From: Effect of prohibiting the use of Paraquat on pesticide-associated mortality

Factors	All		Accident		Suicide		Homicide		Unknown		p-value
Factors	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
All	127,866	100.0	54,313	100.0	59,713	100.0	2427	100.0	11,413	100.0
Gender											<.0001
Female	41,333	32.3	16,769	30.9	19,681	33.0	1111	45.8	3772	33.1
Male	86,533	67.7	37,544	69.1	40,032	67.0	1316	54.2	7641	66.9
Age, years											<.0001
0-9	1294	1.0	987	1.8	5	0.0	235	9.7	67	0.6
10-19	3183	2.5	1488	2.7	1445	2.4	120	4.9	130	1.1
20-29	9621	7.5	3022	5.6	5986	10.0	200	8.2	413	3.6
30-39	14,349	11.2	3781	7.0	9622	16.1	292	12.0	654	5.7
40-49	20,375	15.9	7086	13.0	11,423	19.1	612	25.2	1254	11.0
50-59	22,188	17.4	9134	16.8	10,961	18.4	531	21.9	1562	13.7
60-69	18,249	14.3	8401	15.5	7809	13.1	213	8.8	1826	16.0
70-	38,607	30.2	20,414	37.6	12,462	20.9	224	9.2	5507	48.3
Residence											<.0001
Metropolis	48,578	38.0	18,272	33.6	25,128	42.1	1023	42.2	4155	36.4
Non-metropolis	79,288	62.0	36,041	66.4	34,585	57.9	1404	57.8	7258	63.6
Season											<.0001
MAR-MAY	33,502	26.2	13,061	24.0	16,780	28.1	609	25.1	3052	26.7
JUN-AUG	32,923	25.7	13,497	24.9	15,996	26.8	690	28.4	2740	24.0
SEP-NOV	32,073	25.1	14,396	26.5	14,279	23.9	566	23.3	2832	24.8
DEC-FEB	29,368	23.0	13,359	24.6	12,658	21.2	562	23.2	2789	24.4
Weekday											<.0001
Sunday	17,478	13.7	7633	14.1	7865	13.2	340	14.0	1640	14.4
Monday	19,268	15.1	7811	14.4	9396	15.7	421	17.3	1640	14.4
Tuesday	18,560	14.5	7704	14.2	8852	14.8	359	14.8	1645	14.4
Wednesday	18,437	14.4	7689	14.2	8755	14.7	345	14.2	1648	14.4
Thursday	18,092	14.1	7645	14.1	8538	14.3	305	12.6	1604	14.1
Friday	18,136	14.2	7757	14.3	8450	14.2	331	13.6	1598	14.0
Saturday	17,895	14.0	8074	14.9	7857	13.2	326	13.4	1638	14.4
Occupation											<.0001
White collar	14,611	11.4	6278	11.6	7306	12.2	306	12.6	721	6.3
Blue collar	39,449	30.9	20,942	38.6	14,846	24.9	749	30.9	2912	25.5
Unemployed^a	73,806	57.7	27,093	49.9	37,561	62.9	1372	56.5	7780	68.2
Marital status											<.0001
Unmarried	28,516	22.3	10,029	18.5	15,969	26.7	842	34.7	1676	14.7
Married	61,820	48.3	27,237	50.1	28,118	47.1	930	38.3	5535	48.5
Divorced	16,454	12.9	6419	11.8	8061	13.5	375	15.5	1599	14.0
Deceased	20,753	16.2	10,538	19.4	7414	12.4	267	11.0	2534	22.2
Unknown	323	0.3	90	0.2	151	0.3	13	0.5	69	0.6
Education level											<.0001
Elementary school and below	48,501	37.9	24,889	45.8	17,054	28.6	816	33.6	5742	50.3
Middle school	19,284	15.1	8047	14.8	9197	15.4	353	14.5	1687	14.8
High school	38,445	30.1	13,899	25.6	21,134	35.4	889	36.6	2523	22.1
College and above	20,215	15.8	6930	12.8	11,691	19.6	339	14.0	1255	11.0
Unknown	1421	1.1	548	1.0	637	1.1	30	1.2	206	1.8
Intervention											<.0001
Before	65,504	51.2	27,073	49.8	31,051	52.0	1315	54.2	6065	53.1
After	62,362	48.8	27,240	50.2	28,662	48.0	1112	45.8	5348	46.9
Pesticide											<.0001
Not-associated	117,434	91.8	54,108	99.6	50,703	84.9	2414	99.5	10,209	89.5
Associated	10,432	8.2	205	0.4	9010	15.1	13	0.5	1204	10.5

^aUnemployed group includes students, housewives, military personnel, and unemployed persons

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