High income - 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 High income was 0.512 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.641 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.484 in 2015.

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 0.629
2001 0.627
2002 0.561
2003 0.619
2004 0.593
2005 0.641
2006 0.622
2007 0.603
2008 0.623
2009 0.585
2010 0.576
2011 0.563
2012 0.523
2013 0.498
2014 0.502
2015 0.484
2016 0.516
2017 0.533
2018 0.550
2019 0.512

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