Table 5.
Method of outdoor and indoor pesticide application reported by PEG (ever used method) and SUPERB (used method in the last year).
| Lifetime Use of Application Methods (PEG N = 356) | Use of application Methods within the last year (SUPERB N = 153) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application Methods Used for Pests | Frequency * | Percent * (%) | 95th% Confidence interval (%) | Frequency * | Percent * (%) | 95th% Confidence interval (%) |
| Outdoor | 256 | 71.9 | [67.2, 76.6] | 95 | 62.1 | [54.3, 69.9] |
| spray | 214 | 83.6 | [79.0, 88.2] | 77 | 81.0 | [73.0, 89.1 |
| bait | 52 | 20.3 | [15.3, 25.3] | 31 | 32.6 | [23.0, 42.2] |
| granule | 55 | 21.5 | [16.4, 26.5] | 17 | 17.9 | [10.0, 25.7] |
| Other ** | 45 | 17.6 | [12.9, 22.3] | 15 | 15.8 | [8.3, 23.3] |
| Indoor | 269 | 75.1 | [70.6, 79.6] | 54 | 35.3 | [27.6, 42.9] |
| spray | 233 | 86.6 | [82.5, 90.7] | 35 | 64.8 | [51.7, 78.0] |
| bait | 20 | 7.4 | [4.3, 10.6] | 17 | 31.5 | [18.7, 44.3] |
| granule | 10 | 3.7 | [1.4, 6.0] | 11 | 20.4 | [9.3, 31.5] |
| Other ^ | 71 | 26.4 | [21.1, 31.7] | 9 | 16.7 | [6.4, 26.9] |
| fogger º | … | … | … | 8 | 5.2 | [1.7, 8.8] |
*
Frequency does not add to number of subjects, nor does total percentage equal 100% because participants could choose multiple methods of application;
**
Outdoor other category includes: powder, candles, foam, strips, traps, or liquid;
^
Indoor other category include: powder, candles, foam, fogger, strips, traps, stakes, gel;
º
Only SUPERB specifically questioned participants about use of foggers.