Slovenia - 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 Slovenia was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2007.

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 0.100
2001 0.400
2002 0.400
2003 0.100
2004 0.400
2005 0.200
2006 0.700
2007 0.000
2008 0.300
2009 0.300
2010 0.200
2011 0.600
2012 0.300
2013 0.200
2014 0.200
2015 0.200
2016 0.300
2017 0.300
2018 0.000
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