Arab World - 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 Arab World was 0.692 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.990 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.692 in 2019.

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 0.990
2001 0.988
2002 0.918
2003 0.894
2004 0.847
2005 0.932
2006 0.918
2007 0.907
2008 0.890
2009 0.864
2010 0.837
2011 0.784
2012 0.806
2013 0.832
2014 0.801
2015 0.808
2016 0.746
2017 0.706
2018 0.701
2019 0.692

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