TABLE 4—

Numbers of Youths With Acute Occupational Pesticide-Related Illnesses, by Functional Class of Pesticides and Severity, 1988–1999

Pesticide Functional Class	Minor Severity, No. (%)	Moderate Severity, No. (%)	Major Severity, No. (%)	Total, No. (%)
Insecticides	286 (80)	68 (19)	5 (1)	359 (68)
Herbicides	89 (78)	23 (20)	2 (2)	114 (21)
Fungicides	16 (73)	6 (27)	0 (0)	22 (4)
Insect and moth repellents	15 (79)	4 (21)	0 (0)	19 (4)
Fumigants	7 (70)	3 (30)	0 (0)	10 (2)
Rodenticides	5 (71)	2 (29)	0 (0)	7 (1)
Total	418 (79)	106 (20)	7 (1)	531 (100)