TABLE 3—

Numbers of Cases of Acute Occupational Pesticide-Related Illness, Estimates of Hours Worked, Incidence Rates, and Incidence Rate Ratios, by US Region, 1993–1998

	Working Youths Aged 15–17 Years			Working Adults Aged 25–44 Years
US Region	No. With Acute Occupational Pesticide-Related Illnesses	Estimated Total No. of Hours Workede	Incidence Ratef	No. With Acute Occupational Pesticide-Related Illnesses	Estimated Total No. of Hours Workede	Incidence Ratef	Incidence Rate Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)g
Midwesta	89	5 220	17.0	1167	194 783	6.0	2.83 (2.28, 3.51)
Northeastb	28	2 589	10.8	938	150 048	6.3	1.71 (0.93, 3.16)
Southc	125	5 379	23.2	2743	284 187	9.7	2.39 (2.00, 2.86)
Westd	88	3 140	28.0	4688	175 767	26.7	1.05 (0.66, 1.66)
Totalh	333	16 328	20.4	9599	804 785	11.9	1.71 (1.53, 1.91)

^aIllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

^bConnecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

^cAlabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.

^dAlaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

^eIn millions of hours.

^fPer billion hours worked.

^gCompares the risk of an acute occupational pesticide-related illness among working youths with that among working adults.

^hThe sum of the number with acute pesticide-related illnesses is less than the total because 3 youths and 63 adults had no information on state of residence.