Australia - Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Australia was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.400 in 2004 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 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 0.400
2001 0.300
2002 0.300
2003 0.400
2004 0.400
2005 0.300
2006 0.200
2007 0.200
2008 0.200
2009 0.100
2010 0.200
2011 0.200
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.100
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

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