TABLE 2.

Suicide Mortality Risk Among Agricultural Workers According to the Percentage of Agricultural Establishments That Used Pesticides

First Reference Population: Agricultural Workers				Second Reference Population: Nonagricultural Workers in the Capital City			Third Reference Population: Nonagricultural Workers in All Other Cities
Distribution of Cities	Suicide Deaths	Other Deaths	MOR (95% CI)	Suicide Deaths	Other Deaths	MOR (95% CI)	Suicide Deaths	Other Deaths	MOR (95% CI)
All cities
Below median	59*	7,121*	1	180†	39,67 1†	1.83(1.36–2.45)	261‡	66,253‡	2.10 (1.58–2.79)
Above median	132	8,348	1.91 (1.40–2.60)			3.48 (2.78–4.37)			4.01 (3.25–4.95)
Isolating Arapiraca
Below median	57*	6,979*	1	180†	39,67 1†	1.80 (1.33–2.43)	261‡	66.253‡	2.07 (1.56–2.76)
Above median	103	7,318	1.72 (1.25–2.39)			3.10 (2.43–3.96)			3.57 (2.84–4.49)
Arapiraca	31	1,172	3.24 (2.08–5.04)			5.83 (3.96–8.57)			6.71 (4.61–9.79)

^*Number of cases used as the first reference population for MOR.

^†Number of cases used as the second reference population for MOR.

^‡Number of cases used as the third reference population for MOR.

CI, confidence interval; MOR, mortality odds ratio.