Caribbean small states - Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Caribbean small states was 0.168 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.208 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.133 in 2007.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.208
2001 0.205
2002 0.198
2003 0.193
2004 0.176
2005 0.149
2006 0.145
2007 0.133
2008 0.172
2009 0.181
2010 0.190
2011 0.173
2012 0.156
2013 0.149
2014 0.171
2015 0.162
2016 0.162
2017 0.169
2018 0.162
2019 0.168

Development Relevance: Mortality rates due to unintentional poisoning remains relatively high in low income countries. This indicator implicates inadequate management of hazardous chemicals and pollution, and of the effectiveness of a country’s health system.

Limitations and Exceptions: Some countries do not have death registration data or sample registration systems. The estimates on this indicator need to be completed with other type of information for these countries.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality