North America - 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 North America was 0.300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.200 in 2000.

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 0.200
2001 0.290
2002 0.300
2003 0.290
2004 0.290
2005 0.280
2006 0.290
2007 0.290
2008 0.290
2009 0.290
2010 0.300
2011 0.290
2012 0.290
2013 0.290
2014 0.290
2015 0.300
2016 0.290
2017 0.300
2018 0.300
2019 0.300

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