Table 1 Gender and age group of 1123 children involved in acute, accidental exposures where a specific age was recorded

Age (years)	No	Boys exposed to pesticides		Girls exposed to pesticides		Gender not known	χ²	p Value
Age (years)	No	No (%)	Ratio (95% CI)	No (%)	Ratio (95% CI)	Gender not known	χ²	p Value
0–4	943	543 (58.0)	0.58 (0.55–0.61)	394 (42.0)	0.42 (0.39–0.45)	6	23.69	0.0001
5–9	147	72 (49.7)	0.50 (0.42–0.58)	73 (50.3)	0.50 (0.42–0.58)	2	0.01	0.9338
10–12	33	19 (57.6)	0.58 (0.41–0.73)	14 (42.4)	0.42 (0.27–0.59)	0	0.76	0.3841