Spain - 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 Spain was 0.500 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.500 in 2002.

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 0.600
2001 0.700
2002 0.500
2003 0.500
2004 0.500
2005 0.900
2006 0.800
2007 0.600
2008 1.000
2009 0.800
2010 0.700
2011 0.700
2012 0.600
2013 0.800
2014 0.600
2015 0.500
2016 0.600
2017 0.600
2018 0.500
2019 0.500

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