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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Euro area was 0.178 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.255 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.178 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female 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 0.254
2001 0.255
2002 0.244
2003 0.235
2004 0.254
2005 0.253
2006 0.250
2007 0.238
2008 0.233
2009 0.240
2010 0.234
2011 0.200
2012 0.200
2013 0.225
2014 0.199
2015 0.204
2016 0.186
2017 0.214
2018 0.213
2019 0.178

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