Argentina - Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Argentina was 0.400 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.400 in 2016.

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 0.600
2001 0.500
2002 0.600
2003 0.500
2004 0.600
2005 1.000
2006 0.500
2007 0.800
2008 0.500
2009 0.600
2010 0.600
2011 0.600
2012 0.600
2013 0.700
2014 0.600
2015 0.500
2016 0.400
2017 0.500
2018 0.500
2019 0.400

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