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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in El Salvador was 0.200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.600 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2008.

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 0.500
2001 0.400
2002 0.500
2003 0.100
2004 0.300
2005 0.400
2006 0.100
2007 0.100
2008 0.000
2009 0.100
2010 0.400
2011 0.100
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.100
2015 0.600
2016 0.200
2017 0.200
2018 0.200
2019 0.200

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