Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 1.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.58 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.70 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 2.51
2001 2.58
2002 2.48
2003 2.44
2004 2.39
2005 2.39
2006 2.40
2007 2.37
2008 2.31
2009 2.22
2010 2.29
2011 2.14
2012 2.12
2013 2.07
2014 1.98
2015 1.90
2016 1.86
2017 1.84
2018 1.74
2019 1.70

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