United States - 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 United States was 0.700 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.500 in 2000.

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

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