Poland - 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 Poland was 0.300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2015.

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 0.500
2001 0.700
2002 0.600
2003 0.600
2004 0.600
2005 0.600
2006 0.600
2007 0.500
2008 0.500
2009 0.500
2010 0.500
2011 0.500
2012 0.400
2013 0.400
2014 0.400
2015 0.300
2016 0.300
2017 0.300
2018 0.300
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