TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Social and economic variables related with Paraquat self-poisoning: an ecological study
JO  - BMC public health
A1  - Buendía, Jefferson Antonio
A1  - Restrepo Chavarriaga, Gabriel Jaime
A1  - Zuluaga, Andrés F.
SP  - e404
EP  - e404
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Paraquat self-poisonings constitute a significant contributor to the global burden of suicide. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between social and economic variables with the incidence of self-poisoning with Paraquat in the northeast of Colombia. <br><br>METHODS: Records of 154 cases of self-poisoning with Paraquat and several socio-economic variables of six regions of northeast of Colombia were analyzed. <br><br>RESULTS: Most of the cases were mestizos, farmworkers, between 20 and 29 years, with intentional exposure using the oral route. Multivariate analyses revealed significant associations among the incidence of self-poisoning with PQ with the ecological factors such as poverty greater than 30% (IRR 15.9 IC95% 5.56-44.72), land Gini index < 0.7 (IRR 7.11 IC95% 3.58-14.12), private health insurance < 40% (IRR 3.39 IC95% 1.30-8.82) and planted area > 10% (IRR 2.47 IC95% 1.60-3.80). <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is a relationship between ecological factors and, as such, this study opens the way to further developments in the field.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08510-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -