Pacific island small states - 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 Pacific island small states was 0.296 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.420 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.276 in 2018.

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 0.420
2001 0.419
2002 0.359
2003 0.364
2004 0.364
2005 0.307
2006 0.312
2007 0.317
2008 0.322
2009 0.310
2010 0.326
2011 0.325
2012 0.319
2013 0.319
2014 0.313
2015 0.312
2016 0.307
2017 0.306
2018 0.276
2019 0.296

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