title: Pesticide poisoning in Zhejiang, China: a retrospective analysis of adult cases registration by occupational disease surveillance and reporting systems from 2006 to 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation over the past 30 years, agriculture is one of the largest economic sectors in China and the unregulated use of pesticides result in extensive pesticide poisoning. The objective of this study was to analyse pesticide poisoning cases registration received by Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Register-based study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cases registered regarding pesticide poisoning. Data were obtained from the Occupational Disease Surveillance and Reporting Systems in Zhejiang province from 2006 to 2010, which contains anonymous records representing general population of Zhejiang province, China.
  
  
  METHODS
  All cases registered as pesticide poisoning were identified.
  
  
  METHODS
  Monthly and age-group pesticide poisoning death rates were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 20 097 pesticide poisoning cases with 1413 deaths were recorded during the study period. There were 10 513 male pesticide poisoning cases with 782 deaths, and 9584 females with 631 deaths. Pesticide poisoning occurred mostly in non-occupational exposure (79.86%), in which the majority (85.77%) of the cases was of intentional pesticide poisoning. The occupational exposure was most common in men during the farming season. The death rate increased stepwise with age, and the pesticide suicide rate was higher in the older age group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pesticide poisoning remains a major health problem in China, and further recommendations to reduce the pesticide poisoning are required.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Health and Poisoning Control, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Meibian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xinglin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Lifang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Liling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Jiajia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Minjuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Guangdi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Epidemiology; Occupational & Industrial Medicine