Uruguay - 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 Uruguay was 0.400 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.800 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2005.

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 0.800
2001 0.500
2002 0.200
2003 0.200
2004 0.200
2005 0.100
2006 0.300
2007 0.200
2008 0.500
2009 0.100
2010 0.300
2011 0.400
2012 0.700
2013 0.400
2014 0.400
2015 0.500
2016 0.200
2017 0.400
2018 0.400
2019 0.400

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