The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Estimated worldwide annual fatal UAPP by region

Region	Subregion	Population in subregion	Population in review^a	Weight^b	Number of countries^a	Sum of fatalities in review	Estimated fatalities in subregion
AFRICA	East	405,425,679	42,752,218	0.10545	3	8.5	81
	Middle-Southern	217,729,520	53,771,984	0.24697	1	16.6	67
	Northern	228,846,848	133,894,911	0.58509	3	90.3	154
	Western	362,197,544	539,560	0.00149	1	0	0
AMERICA	Caribbean	43,278,165	31,557,456	0.72918	19	6.1	8
	Central	174,988,756	167,463,654	0.957	8	283.4	296
	North	359,792,066	353,535,331	0.98261	3	5.4	6
	South	420,434,194	395,970,288	0.94181	12	215.2	229
ASIA	Central	70,118,950	61,486,031	0.87688	4	3.5	4
	Eastern	1,616,177,218	1,532,006,035	0.94792	5	320.2	338
	South-Eastern	641,760,625	195,058,336	0.30394	5	48.4	159
	Southern	1,846,671,142	1,284,597,898	0.69563	3	6539.30	9401
	Western Asia	262,879,373	160,485,199	0.61049	12	23.6	39
EUROPE	Eastern	293,011,923	94,597,984	0.32285	7	24.2	75
	Northern	96,464,409	94,640,537	0.98109	8	1.2	1
	Southern	160,067,370	154,290,938	0.96391	13	13.7	14
	Western	195,338,358	191,762,460	0.98169	7	6.6	7
OCEANIA	AUS, NZ, Mel-Mic-Polynesia	40,153,128	28,353,352	0.70613	3	2.4	3
All	all	7,435,335,268	4,976,764,172		117	7609	10,881

^acountries with data on fatal UAPP
^bw_j = population in review divided by region’s population, details see text Estimation of international UAPP

ISSN: 1471-2458