出版社：Fundación Científica y Tecnológica de la Asociación Chilena
摘要：The Ministry of Health began in 1993 the surveillance of acute pesticides intoxication (API) with a voluntary report from Health Services of the country, which in 2004, by Decree Supreme DS.88, became mandatory and immediate. During this surveillance, conducted between 1997 and 2006, a total of 6,946 cases were reported, with an annual median of 679 API. During 2005, a total of 803 cases of acute pesticides intoxication were reported with a rate of 5 per 100,000 inhabitants and a 37% in outbreaks. These cases have a seasonal occurrence, concentrating between September and March of the following year, which is the period of higher use of pesticides in agriculture. During 2005, the expected number of cases was exceeded (median) in the first quarter, in January and April and in the second quarter , in August, September and December. The regions that showed the highest rates of PIA were the VI (L.B.O´Higgins), VIII (Bio-Bio) and VII (Maule). With regard to seriousness, the lethality remains as in 2004 with a 2%, and hospitalization is similar to last year with a 38%. Cases of occupational origin and those of higher incidence remain the same, accounting for a 59% of the cases.
