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

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Table 5 Reported annual non-fatal UAPP among farming/occupational populations from regional surveys by study characteristics

		All	Sampling^a		Diagnoses^b
			representative	simple or not stated	by study scientists	self-reported
Studies/ records	N	99	60	39	8	91
Sample size	Mean	347	419	237	290	352
	Median	250	254	121	213	250
	Min	23	45	23	68	23
	Max	1958	1958	1040	542	1958
Non-fatal cases	Mean	136	148	118	109	139
	Median	90	114	74	81	95
	Min	18	18	19	26	18
	Max	783	783	450	276	783
Ratio = non-fatal cases / sample size	Mean	0.51	0.47	0.57	0.47	0.52
	Median	0.47	0.40	0.57	0.39	0.47
	Min	0.08	0.08	0.14	0.16	0.08
	Max	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

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