North America - 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 North America was 0.669 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.680 in 2017 and a minimum value of 0.480 in 2012.

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 0.510
2001 0.490
2002 0.500
2003 0.500
2004 0.500
2005 0.490
2006 0.480
2007 0.500
2008 0.580
2009 0.490
2010 0.490
2011 0.580
2012 0.480
2013 0.490
2014 0.580
2015 0.580
2016 0.670
2017 0.680
2018 0.669
2019 0.669

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