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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Brunei was 0.000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.900 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2017.

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 0.400
2001 0.300
2002 0.200
2003 0.400
2004 0.300
2005 0.400
2006 0.200
2007 0.300
2008 0.300
2009 0.200
2010 0.300
2011 0.200
2012 0.900
2013 0.200
2014 0.700
2015 0.600
2016 0.400
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000

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