Caribbean 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 Caribbean small states was 0.141 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.186 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.105 in 2008.

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 0.164
2001 0.186
2002 0.159
2003 0.153
2004 0.141
2005 0.119
2006 0.121
2007 0.118
2008 0.105
2009 0.154
2010 0.171
2011 0.175
2012 0.122
2013 0.112
2014 0.154
2015 0.141
2016 0.133
2017 0.129
2018 0.140
2019 0.141

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