Crude and age-adjusted rates of death due to unintentional poisoning

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Headline data

US crude rate of death due to unintentional poisoning
Year Value
1999 4.4
2000 4.5
2001 4.9
2002 6.1
2003 6.7
2004 7.2
2005 8.0
2006 9.2
2007 9.9
2008 10.2
2009 10.3
2010 10.6
2011 11.6
2012 11.5
2013 12.2
2014 13.1
2015 14.8
2016 18.2
2017 20.1
2018 19.3
2019 20.2
2020 26.9
2021 31.0
2022 31.1

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File.

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Indicator

Age-adjusted rates of death due to unintentional poisoning.
Organisation

National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File.
Unit of measure

Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 US standard population for the respective year
Data sources

National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File.
Data providers

Mortality Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics.
Comment and limitations

Age-adjusted rates were generated by CDC Wonder using the Underlying Cause of Death mortality files. Rates were selected based on the Injury Intent and Mechanism list with the mechanism set to ‘Poisoning’.
Method of computation

The number of deaths attributable to unintentional poisoning (ICD 10 code X40-X49) is divided by the population and expressed per 100,000 people. Rates are age-adjusted using the direct method of applying age-specific death rates to the U.S. 2000 standard population distribution. See http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/ucd.html#Age-Adjusted Rates for more detail.
Actual indicator available - description

Age-adjusted death rate of deaths per year due to unintentional poisoning expressed per 100,000 US standard population.
Date of national source publication

December, 2016
Periodicity

Annual
Date metadata updated

July, 2024
Time period

1999-2022

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 3.9.3: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning
Target

Target 3.9: By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination
Organisation

World Health Organization (WHO)

Definition and concepts

Definition:

The mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning as defined as the number of deaths of unintentional poisonings in a year, divided by the population, and multiplied by 100,000.

Concepts:

Mortality rate in the country from unintentional poisonings per year. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes corresponding to the indicator includes X40, X43, X46-X48, X49.

Unit of measure

Rate per 100,000 population

Data sources

Data inputs to the estimate include (a) data on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene services and practices, and (b) cause-of-death data, of which the preferred data source is death registration systems with complete coverage and medical certification of cause of death. Other possible data sources include household surveys with verbal autopsy, sample or sentinel registration systems, special studies and surveillance systems.

Data providers

National statistics offices, various line ministries and databases covering civil registration with complete coverage and medical certification of cause of death.

Comment and limitations

Data on deaths are widely available from countries from death registration data or sample registration systems, which are feasible systems, but good quality data are not yet available in all countries. Such data are crucial for improving health and reducing preventable deaths in countries. For countries that do not have such registration systems, data need to be completed with other types of information.

Method of computation

The methods with agreed international standards have been developed, reviewed and published in various documents.

For countries with a high-quality vital registration system including information on cause of death, the vital registration that member states submit to the WHO Mortality Database were used, with adjustments where necessary, e.g. for under-reporting of deaths, unknown age and sex, and ill-defined causes of deaths.

For countries without high-quality death registration data, cause of death estimates are calculated using other data, including household surveys with verbal autopsy, sample or sentinel registration systems, special studies. Complete methodology may be found here: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/gho-documents/global-health-estimates/ghe2019_cod_methods.pdf
Metadata update

2022-03-31
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

World Health Organization (WHO)
Related indicators

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