Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning

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.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
185
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    World Health Organization

    World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan20212.50per 100,000 population
Albania20210.21per 100,000 population
Algeria20210.51per 100,000 population
Angola20210.99per 100,000 population
Antigua and Barbuda20210.52per 100,000 population
Argentina20210.27per 100,000 population
Armenia20210.90per 100,000 population
Australia20210.12per 100,000 population
Austria20210.18per 100,000 population
Azerbaijan20210.41per 100,000 population

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