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Jamaica 43% (n=6) self-poisoning deaths caused by pesticides 1980-99 Escoffery et al (2004) [32]

Barbados 30% (n=3) suicides employed paraquat 1984 Mahy (1987) [3-]. Chiapas State, Mexico 25 cases paraquat ingestion (death rate 2 per 100,000 per year) 1988-90 Tinoco et al (1993) [29]. S Trinidad 68% (n=77) of suicides employed paraquat 1996 Hutchinson et al (1999) [31].

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Jamaica 43% (n=6) self-poisoning deaths caused by pesticides 1980-99 Escoffery et al (2004) [32]

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  1. Barbados 30% (n=3) suicides employed paraquat1984Mahy (1987) [3-] Chiapas State, Mexico 25 cases paraquat ingestion (death rate 2 per 100,000 per year) 1988-90 Tinoco et al (1993) [29] S Trinidad 68% (n=77) of suicidesemployed paraquat1996Hutchinson et al (1999) [31] Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua & Panama)Approximately 31% of suicides employ pesticides 1992 – 2000 Pan Am Health Org Epidemiol Bulletin (2002)[27] Brazil 6.9% (n=553) of suicides employed pesticides in 2004. DATASUS mortality database for Brazil Accessed 5 Jan 2007 [33] Jamaica 43% (n=6) self-poisoning deaths caused by pesticides1980-99Escoffery et al (2004) [32] Nickerie district, Suriname 50% (n=10) of suicidesemployed pesticides 2004 Graafsma et al (2006) [36] Highland area of Ecuador 5 suicides employed pesticides (rate 17.1 per 100,000 per year) 1991-92 Cole et al (2000) [35] South & Central America

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