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Table 1 Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of the victims

From: Pesticide poisoning deaths: a 19-year retrospective study of medicolegal autopsies in center Tunisia

 

Modality

n

%

Sex

Male

49

38

Female

81

62

Age

< 10

9

6.9

10-20 years

31

23.8

21-30 years

44

33.8

31-40 years

22

16.9

41-50 years

14

10.7

51-60 years

5

3.8

61-70 years

1

0.7

71-80 years

2

1.5

81-90 years

2

1.5

Origin

Rural

94

72

From town

36

28

Marital status

Single

99

76.1

Married

23

17.6

Divorced

7

5.3

Widowed

1

0.7

Occupation

Jobless

80

61.5

Day laborer

10

7.6

Students

40

30.7

Medical history

Psychiatric history

18

13.8

Neurological disorder

7

5.3

Nature of psychiatric disorder

Depression

12

9.2

Schizophrenia

1

0.7

Behavioral disorders

12

9.2

Nature of the neurological disorder

Mental retardation

7

5.3

Hemiplegia

1

0.7

Epilepsy

5

3.84