Lebanon - 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 Lebanon was 0.700 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.900 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.600 in 2006.

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 0.900
2001 0.800
2002 0.800
2003 0.700
2004 0.700
2005 0.700
2006 0.600
2007 0.800
2008 0.800
2009 0.800
2010 0.800
2011 0.800
2012 0.800
2013 0.700
2014 0.700
2015 0.700
2016 0.700
2017 0.700
2018 0.600
2019 0.700

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