Mortality from and Incidence of Pesticide Poisoning in South Korea: Findings from National Death and Health Utilization Data between 2006 and 2010

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作者
Cha, Eun Shil [1 ]
Khang, Young-Ho [2 ,3 ]
Lee, Won Jin [1 ]
机构
[1] Korea Univ, Coll Med, Dept Prevent Med, Seoul 136705, South Korea
[2] Univ Ulsan, Dept Prevent Med, Coll Med, Seoul, South Korea
[3] Seoul Natl Univ, Coll Med, Inst Hlth Policy & Management, Seoul, South Korea
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
SUICIDAL IDEATION; RURAL SUICIDE; MALE FARMERS; RISK; SEVERITY; TAIWAN; TRENDS;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0095299
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Pesticide poisoning has been recognized as an important public health issue around the world. The objectives of this study were to report nationally representative figures on mortality from and the incidence of pesticide poisoning in South Korea and to describe their epidemiologic characteristics. We calculated the age-standardized rates of mortality from and the incidence of pesticide poisoning in South Korea by gender and region from 2006 through 2010 using registered death data obtained from Statistics Korea and national healthcare utilization data obtained from the National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service of South Korea. During the study period of 2006 through 2010, a total of 16,161 deaths and 45,291 patients related to pesticide poisoning were identified, marking respective mortality and incidence rates of 5.35 and 15.37 per 100,000 population. Intentional self-poisoning was identified as the major cause of death due to pesticides (85.9%) and accounted for 20.8% of all recorded suicides. The rates of mortality due to and incidence of pesticide poisoning were higher in rural than in urban areas, and this rural-urban discrepancy was more pronounced for mortality than for incidence. Both the rate of mortality due to pesticide poisoning and its incidence rate increased with age and were higher among men than women. This study provides the magnitude and epidemiologic characteristics for mortality from and the incidence of pesticide poisoning at the national level, and strongly suggests the need for further efforts to prevent pesticide self-poisonings, especially in rural areas in South Korea.
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