Suicide in Spanish Farmers in Two Geographical Areas with Differing Rates of Pesticide Use.
J Agromedicine
; 26(2): 278-283, 2021 04.
Article
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| ID: mdl-33040710
ABSTRACT
This study assesses whether farmers' suicides were associated with the pesticide use in Spain. The cohort study followed 9.5 million men aged 20-64 years who were employed in 2001. The mortality among farmers and non-farmers during the period 2001-2011 was estimated in a geographical area with high pesticide use and in an area with low pesticide use. For three major causes of death (suicide, unintentional accidents, and rest of causes of death), we estimated the age-standardized mortality rates with 95% confidence intervals (CI) between farmers and non-farmers in both areas. Farmers in the high pesticide use area showed a lower mortality rate of suicide and unintentional accidents than farmers in the rest of Spain, with mortality rate ratios of 0.74 (95% CI 0.65-0.85) and 0.57 (95% CI 0.52-0.62), respectively. Our findings on pesticide use and farmers' suicide are different from those observed in several previous investigations.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Praguicidas
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Suicídio
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Exposição Ocupacional
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Agromedicine
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha