Austria - 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 Austria was 0.300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2007 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2016.

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 0.300
2001 0.300
2002 0.200
2003 0.200
2004 0.200
2005 0.200
2006 0.400
2007 0.500
2008 0.300
2009 0.300
2010 0.400
2011 0.300
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.200
2016 0.100
2017 0.200
2018 0.100
2019 0.300

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