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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Barbados was 0.600 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 2011 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female 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 0.000
2001 0.000
2002 0.000
2003 0.200
2004 0.200
2005 0.200
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.500
2010 0.900
2011 1.000
2012 0.400
2013 0.000
2014 0.500
2015 0.500
2016 0.500
2017 0.600
2018 0.600
2019 0.600

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