Table 2.

Rates of self-poisoning (per 100,000 population) – pesticides only

Authors	Period of study (Year)	Area studied	Rates of self-poisoning by ingestion of pesticides
Jeyaratnam et al. 1982 [12]	1979	Sri Lanka (nationwide)	79/100,000**of which 73% was due to intentional self-poisoning
Van Der Hoek et al. 1998 [23]	1991-94	North-Central Province	260/100,000 per year to 290/100,000 per year**of which 68% was due to intentional self-poisoning
Van Der Hoek et al. 2005 [14]	1999	Uda Walawe region	163/100,000**of which 84% was due to intentional self-poisoning