European Union - 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 European Union was 0.243 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.478 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.243 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 0.437
2001 0.478
2002 0.425
2003 0.422
2004 0.417
2005 0.426
2006 0.391
2007 0.361
2008 0.349
2009 0.346
2010 0.336
2011 0.320
2012 0.307
2013 0.307
2014 0.278
2015 0.276
2016 0.262
2017 0.275
2018 0.266
2019 0.243

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