Chile - 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 Chile was 0.500 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2009 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2010.

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 0.400
2001 0.400
2002 0.600
2003 0.600
2004 0.400
2005 0.600
2006 0.700
2007 0.700
2008 0.700
2009 0.700
2010 0.300
2011 0.600
2012 0.300
2013 0.400
2014 0.300
2015 0.400
2016 0.400
2017 0.500
2018 0.600
2019 0.500

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