title: [Occupational pesticide poisoning mortality, 2000-2009, Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the mortality rate due to occupational pesticide poisoning in Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data on diagnoses of death from pesticide poisoning between 2000 and 2009 were obtained from the Mortality Information System. ICD-10 codes T60.0-T60.4, T60.8 and T60.9, Y18, X487 and Z578 as the main or secondary cause of death; data on work-related deaths were obtained from the death certificate, from the fields <work related accident>, <circumstances of death> and whether cases were agricultural workers. Homicides and suicides were excluded. To calculate mortality, the number of agricultural workers was obtained from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, National System of Accounts estimates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 2,052 deaths recorded as caused by pesticide poisoning in Brazil, between 2000 and 2009, of which 36.2% (n = 743) had no occupation data. Of the remaining 1,309, 679 (51.9%) were agricultural workers. Mortality from occupational pesticide poisoning declined from 0.56/100.000 (2000-2001) to 0.39/100.000 (2008-2009) workers during the study period, and there was a larger decrease among men compared with women. Males had a higher mortality from this type of poisoning than women in all study years. Most deaths were caused by organophosphates and carbamate pesticides poisoning. During the study period the number of cases declined in all regions, except for the Northeast.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improvement in the quality of Death Certificate records is needed, particularly for occupation and the assessment of causes of death as work related, crucial for work injuries control and prevention programs. Special attention is required in the Northeast region.
authors.forename: Vilma Sousa
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Maria Claudia Peres
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: Flávia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferreira e Nogueira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002219:Carbamates / Q000506:poisoning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062025:Organophosphate Poisoning / Q000401:mortality; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002219:Carbamates; D010575:Pesticides