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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Barbados was 0.800 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.800 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male 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 0.000
2001 0.400
2002 0.300
2003 0.400
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.500
2009 0.500
2010 0.500
2011 0.600
2012 0.500
2013 0.700
2014 0.600
2015 0.700
2016 0.700
2017 0.700
2018 0.800
2019 0.800

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