Table 2 Characteristics of participants.
| Characteristics | Never worked with pesticides (n = 6109) | Ever worked with sheep dip (n = 1913) | Ever worked with insecticides, never with sheep dip (n = 832) | Ever worked with other pesticides, never with sheep dip or insecticides (n = 990) | All subjects (n = 9844) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | |||||
| Mean | 52 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 51 |
| Median | 54 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 53 |
| Range | 24–70 | 25–69 | 24–69 | 24–70 | 24–70 |
| Smoking habits* | |||||
| Never | 2718 (44%) | 1072 (56%) | 396 (48%) | 420 (42%) | 4606 (47%) |
| Ever | 3325 (54%) | 820 (43%) | 429 (52%) | 562 (57%) | 5136 (52%) |
| Average weekly alcohol consumption (units)* | |||||
| 0 | 915 (15%) | 392 (20%) | 128 (15%) | 152 (15%) | 1587 (16%) |
| 1–7 | 1847 (30%) | 697 (36%) | 325 (39%) | 312 (32%) | 3181 (32%) |
| 8–21 | 2321 (38%) | 595 (31%) | 267 (32%) | 358 (36%) | 3541 (36%) |
| >21 | 1004 (16%) | 226 (12%) | 111 (13%) | 165 (17%) | 1506 (15%) |
| Occupational exposure to pesticides (ever) | |||||
| Sheep dip | 0 (0%) | 1912 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1912 (19%) |
| Other insecticides | 0 (0%) | 1030 (54%) | 832 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 1862 (19%) |
| Herbicides | 0 (0%) | 1505 (79%) | 714 (86%) | 393 (40%) | 2612 (27%) |
| Fungicides | 0 (0%) | 865 (45%) | 640 (77%) | 159 (16%) | 6017 (17%) |
| Wood preservatives | 0 (0%) | 893 (47%) | 344 (42%) | 738 (75%) | 1975 (20%) |
*Percentages do not total to 100 because data were missing for some men.