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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Euro area was 0.323 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.446 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.299 in 2015.

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 0.446
2001 0.435
2002 0.384
2003 0.389
2004 0.383
2005 0.435
2006 0.411
2007 0.408
2008 0.408
2009 0.390
2010 0.382
2011 0.348
2012 0.363
2013 0.339
2014 0.316
2015 0.299
2016 0.333
2017 0.345
2018 0.359
2019 0.323

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