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DATA IDENTIFICATION
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Name
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Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning
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Indicator purpose
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The purpose of this indicator is to improve the management of hazardous chemicals and pollution, and of the effectiveness of a country’s health system.
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Abstract
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This indicator measuring how the mortality rate from unintentional poisonings provides an indication of the extent of inadequate management of hazardous chemicals and pollution, and of the effectiveness of a country’s health system.
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Data source
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Ministry of Health
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DATA CHARACTERISTICS
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Contact organization person
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Ministry of Health
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Date last updated
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11-SEP-2019
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Periodicity
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Annual
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Unit of measure
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Number of deaths per 100,000 population
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Other characteristics
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N/A
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DATA CONCEPTS and CLASSIFICATIONS
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Classification used
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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.
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Disaggregation
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Data can be disaggregated by age group, sex and disease.
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Key statistical concepts
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The methods used for the analysis of causes of death depend on the type of data available from countries. 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. For countries without high-quality death registration data, cause of death estimates is calculated using other data, including household surveys with verbal autopsy, sample or sentinel registration systems, special studies and surveillance systems. In most cases, these data sources are combined in a modelling framework.
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Formula
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OTHER ASPECTS
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Recommended uses
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To measuring how the mortality rate from unintentional poisonings provides an indication of the extent of inadequate management of hazardous chemicals and pollution, and of the effectiveness of a country’s health system.
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Limitations
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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.
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Other comments
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All the metadata shown in this document was gathered from United Nation Statistics Division. The metadata was extracted from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/.