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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male 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 male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male 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 0.500
2001 0.300
2002 0.400
2003 0.500
2004 0.400
2005 0.400
2006 0.300
2007 0.400
2008 0.400
2009 0.300
2010 0.400
2011 0.300
2012 0.900
2013 0.400
2014 0.600
2015 0.600
2016 0.200
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