Abstract
Objective: To characterize notifications of pesticide intoxications. Methods: Descriptive, retrospective and quantitative study, with descriptive statistical analysis of secondary data from 20 municipalities that make up the 5th Regional Health Region of Paraná (PR), from 2011 to 2015, registered in the Notifiable Diseases Information System. Results: During the study period, 274 pesticide poisonings were identified, with an annual average of 54.8 notifications being observed and most of them (75.2%) occurred in five municipalities. White victims (72.3%), aged between 15 and 56 years (86.1%) and men (73.4%) stood out. Accidents in the rural area predominated (51.4%), accidental use of pesticides (40.1%), herbicides (60%), hospital care (60.2%), cure without sequelae (86.1 %) and male mortality (61.5%). Conclusion: Male agricultural workers are more vulnerable to poisoning and deserve greater attention from managers, health workers and researchers so that the protection of their health is guaranteed.