Table 4: Medical Conditions

Table 4: Medical Conditions ¹ (return to document)

Private Applicators Spouses Commercial Applicators Total

Number in Cohort: N=52,395 N=32,347 N=4,916 N=89,658

Category Count Count Count

Completed Phase II Questionnaire 33,457 23,796 2,885 60,138

Cardiovascular Disease

   Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction) 1,789 370 122 2,281

   Irregular Heart Beat (Arrhythmia) 3,267 2,571 243 6,081

   High Blood Pressure or Hypertension 8,637 5,954 870 15,461

Endocrine Disorder

   Diabetes or High Blood Sugar 2,429 1,314 188 3,931

   Thyroid Disease or Thyroid Problems 1,075 2,947 90 4,112

   Overactive Thyroid (Hyperthyroidism) 279 659 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Graves Disease 62 151 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Underactive Thyroid (Hypothyroidism) 528 1,792 55 2,375

   Thyroiditis, Hashimoto's Disease, Autoimmune Disease 31 212 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Enlarged Thyroid, Thyroid Nodules, Goiter 204 997 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Other Thyroid Problem 113 169 N/A ⁴ N/A

Women's Health Disorder

   Endometriosis N/A ² 1,694 N/A ² N/A

   Uterine Fibroids N/A ² 3,514 N/A ² N/A

   Benign Breast Disease (Fibroids, Cysts, Other) N/A ² 4,060 N/A ² N/A

   Pregnancy Induced High Blood Pressure,
   Pre-Eclampsia, Toxemia or Eclampsia N/A ² 103 N/A ² N/A

   Gestational Diabetes N/A ² 77 N/A ² N/A

Autoimmune/Musculoskeletal Disorders

   Rheumotoid Arthritis N/A ² 908 N/A ² N/A

   Lupus (SLE) N/A ² 110 N/A ² N/A

   Sjogren's Disease N/A ² 43 N/A ² N/A

   Scleroderma or Systemic Sclerosis N/A ² 32 N/A ² N/A

Kidney Disorder

   Kidney Stones 3,862 1,279 200 5,341

   Kidney Disease or Kidney Failure 354 214 28 596

Digestive Disorder

   Inflammatory Bowel Disease
   (Chron's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis) 430 514 41 985

Skin Disorder

   Vitiligo 130 84 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Eczema 719 1,124 89 1,932

   Psoriasis 821 582 76 1,479

   Allergy to Bees, Wasps, or Other Insects 1,735 1,120 158 3,013

Optical or Hearing Disorder

   Blindness 619 N/A ³ 36 N/A

   Nearsightedness 12,237 N/A ³ 1,345 N/A

   Farsightedness 13,683 N/A ³ 1,217 N/A

   Cataracts 3,427 N/A ³ 199 N/A

   Glaucoma 680 N/A ³ 49 N/A

   Detached Retina 358 N/A ³ 30 N/A

   Retinal or Macular Degeneration 391 N/A ³ 34 N/A

   Hearing Problems 11,781 N/A ³ 913 N/A

Injury

   Head Injury 6,623 1,556 726 8,905

   Neck, Back, Spinal Cord Injury 6,250 2,198 588 9,036

   Post-Polio Syndrome, Leg Injury 4,344 1,474 188 6,006

Neurologic Disorder

   Epilepsy 123 127 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Multiple Sclerosis 39 83 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Parkinson's Disease 89 29 N/A ⁴ N/A

   Tremor (Essential, Familial, Benign) 144 113 N/A ⁴ N/A

¹ Numbers represent medical conditions reported during Phase II interviews. Because the asking of some questions was dependent on responses to earlier questions, the counts in this table reflect the numbers of each condition reported but not the total occurrence of the diseases in the cohort.
² These conditions marked with N/A were not asked about in the men's health questions. Since 96 percent of private applicators and commercial applicators in the cohort are men, it would be misleading to report counts for these conditions in the private applicator column.
³ Hearing problems were not asked about in the women's health questions. Since 99.5 percent of spouses in the cohort are women, it would be misleading to report hearing problem counts in the spouse column.
⁴ These conditions occur in commercial applicators in insufficient numbers to be reported at this time.