North America - Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in North America was 0.479 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.490 in 2017 and a minimum value of 0.380 in 2006.

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 0.400
2001 0.390
2002 0.400
2003 0.390
2004 0.400
2005 0.390
2006 0.380
2007 0.400
2008 0.390
2009 0.390
2010 0.390
2011 0.390
2012 0.390
2013 0.390
2014 0.390
2015 0.390
2016 0.480
2017 0.490
2018 0.480
2019 0.479

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