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WORLD POISON REPORT!

Unintentional Poising is the leading cause of death in the US between ages 35-44...A growing percentage of these deaths are related to prescription drug overdose. In lesser developed countries contaminated water and wildlife are huge factors and deaths to fish and wildlife remain largely unknown. Add colors to review. Death rates by region are below the Map:

 
 
 
 
 
1 SOMALIA 6.0
2 LESOTHO 5.3
3 MOZAMBIQUE 5.1
4 CENTRAL AFRICA 4.5
5 MOLDOVA 4.5
6 ERITREA 4.4
7 ETHIOPIA 4.3
8 ZIMBABWE 3.9
9 BURUNDI 3.8
10 BURKINA FASO 3.7
11 ZAMBIA 3.5
12 SWAZILAND 3.3
13 KENYA 3.3
14 CHAD 3.3
15 RUSSIA 3.1
16 DJIBOUTI 3.1
17 NIGER 3.0
18 MONGOLIA 2.9
19 SIERRA LEONE 2.9
20 MALI 2.9
21 COMOROS 2.9
22 NIGERIA 2.8
23 CAMEROON 2.8
24 COTE D IVOIRE 2.7
25 ANGOLA 2.7
26 GUINEA 2.7
27 GUINEA-BISSAU 2.7
28 SOLOMON ISL. 2.7
29 BENIN 2.6
30 DR CONGO 2.6
31 MADAGASCAR 2.5
32 BELARUS 2.5
33 MALAWI 2.5
34 GAMBIA 2.5
35 KIRIBATI 2.5
36 TOGO 2.4
37 SOUTH SUDAN 2.4
38 TANZANIA 2.3
39 UGANDA 2.3
40 RWANDA 2.3
41 SENEGAL 2.2
42 GHANA 2.2
43 EQU. GUINEA 2.1
44 CONGO 2.0
45 UKRAINE 2.0
46 YEMEN 1.9
47 KAZAKHSTAN 1.9
48 BOTSWANA 1.9
49 GABON 1.9
50 LIBERIA 1.8
51 NAMIBIA 1.7
52 NEPAL 1.7
53 GUATEMALA 1.7
54 SOUTH AFRICA 1.6
55 SUDAN 1.6
56 AFGHANISTAN 1.6
57 CHINA 1.5
58 NEW GUINEA 1.5
59 MAURITANIA 1.5
60 MYANMAR 1.4
61 PAKISTAN 1.3
62 HAITI 1.3
63 ROMANIA 1.3
64 NORTH KOREA 1.3
65 LITHUANIA 1.2
66 TONGA 1.1
67 KYRGYZSTAN 1.1
68 IRAN 1.0
69 LATVIA 1.0
70 MICRONESIA 0.9
71 OMAN 0.9
72 AZERBAIJAN 0.9
73 LIBYA 0.9
74 UZBEKISTAN 0.9
75 VANUATU 0.8
76 VIET NAM 0.8
77 SAO TOME 0.8
78 SAUDI ARABIA 0.7
79 MOROCCO 0.7
80 MAURITIUS 0.7
81 MALAYSIA 0.7
82 TUNISIA 0.7
83 SYRIA 0.7
84 ANTIGUA/BAR. 0.7
85 ALGERIA 0.7
86 ICELAND 0.6
87 TURKMENISTAN 0.6
88 HONDURAS 0.6
89 BOLIVIA 0.6
90 ARMENIA 0.6
91 LEBANON 0.6
92 LAOS 0.6
93 CAPE VERDE 0.5
94 GEORGIA 0.5
95 SEYCHELLES 0.5
96 CAMBODIA 0.5
97 TAJIKISTAN 0.5
98 JORDAN 0.5
99 ESTONIA 0.5
100 SAMOA 0.5
101 MONTENEGRO 0.5
102 UNITED STATES 0.5
103 POLAND 0.5
104 BARBADOS 0.4
105 TURKEY 0.4
106 MEXICO 0.4
107 DOMINICAN REP. 0.4
108 SLOVAKIA 0.4
109 NO MACEDONIA 0.4
110 KUWAIT 0.4
111 HUNGARY 0.4
112 ARGENTINA 0.4
113 SRI LANKA 0.4
114 PERU 0.4
115 BELIZE 0.4
116 TIMOR-LESTE 0.4
117 BANGLADESH 0.3
118 ECUADOR 0.3
119 URUGUAY 0.3
120 BULGARIA 0.3
121 CHILE 0.3
122 BOSNIA/HERZEG. 0.3
123 SURINAME 0.3
124 INDONESIA 0.3
125 NICARAGUA 0.3
126 ARAB EMIRATES 0.3
127 IRAQ 0.3
128 ALBANIA 0.3
129 QATAR 0.3
130 CYPRUS 0.3
131 INDIA 0.3
132 FINLAND 0.3
133 BHUTAN 0.3
134 FIJI 0.3
135 CANADA 0.3
136 IRELAND 0.3
137 UNITED KINGDOM 0.3
138 BELGIUM 0.2
139 CZECH REPUBLIC 0.2
140 SPAIN 0.2
141 VENEZUELA 0.2
142 FRANCE 0.2
143 PHILIPPINES 0.2
144 EL SALVADOR 0.2
145 CROATIA 0.2
146 NORWAY 0.2
147 BAHRAIN 0.2
148 GERMANY 0.2
149 LUXEMBOURG 0.2
150 PARAGUAY 0.2
151 EGYPT 0.2
152 THAILAND 0.2
153 NEW ZEALAND 0.2
154 ITALY 0.2
155 BAHAMAS 0.2
156 AUSTRIA 0.2
157 PORTUGAL 0.2
158 SOUTH KOREA 0.2
159 BRAZIL 0.1
160 JAPAN 0.1
161 GREECE 0.1
162 SERBIA 0.1
163 SAINT LUCIA 0.1
164 SWITZERLAND 0.1
165 SWEDEN 0.1
166 COLOMBIA 0.1
167 AUSTRALIA 0.1
168 CUBA 0.1
169 COSTA RICA 0.1
170 SLOVENIA 0.1
171 TRINIDAD/TOB. 0.1
172 PANAMA 0.1
173 DENMARK 0.1
174 MALTA 0.1
175 JAMAICA 0.1
176 GRENADA 0.1
177 NETHERLANDS 0.1
178 GUYANA 0.1
179 MALDIVES 0.1
180 ISRAEL 0.0
181 SINGAPORE 0.0
182 SAINT VINCENT 0.0
183 BRUNEI 0.0
World Unintentional Poisoning
Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

Africa

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
5.99
1
2. Lesotho
5.26
2
3. Mozambique
5.07
3
4. Central Africa
4.53
4
5. Eritrea
4.38
6
6. Ethiopia
4.29
7
7. Zimbabwe
3.86
8
8. Burundi
3.80
9
9. Burkina Faso
3.69
10
10. Zambia
3.48
11
11. Swaziland
3.35
12
12. Kenya
3.34
13
13. Chad
3.25
14
14. Djibouti
3.06
16
15. Niger
2.97
17
16. Sierra Leone
2.88
19
17. Mali
2.88
20
18. Comoros
2.87
21
19. Nigeria
2.82
22
20. Cameroon
2.80
23
21. Cote d Ivoire
2.73
24
22. Angola
2.70
25
23. Guinea
2.68
26
24. Guinea-Bissau
2.66
27
25. Benin
2.64
29
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. DR Congo
2.58
30
27. Madagascar
2.54
31
28. Malawi
2.51
33
29. Gambia
2.48
34
30. Togo
2.42
36
31. South Sudan
2.36
37
32. Tanzania
2.34
38
33. Uganda
2.33
39
34. Rwanda
2.31
40
35. Senegal
2.22
41
36. Ghana
2.15
42
37. Equ. Guinea
2.12
43
38. Congo
2.00
44
39. Botswana
1.90
48
40. Gabon
1.87
49
41. Liberia
1.76
50
42. Namibia
1.74
51
43. South Africa
1.62
54
44. Sudan
1.59
55
45. Mauritania
1.50
59
46. Sao Tome
0.75
77
47. Mauritius
0.74
80
48. Cape Verde
0.54
93
49. Seychelles
0.51
95

Asia

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Russia
3.11
15
2. Mongolia
2.94
18
3. Kazakhstan
1.92
47
4. Nepal
1.74
52
5. Afghanistan
1.58
56
6. China
1.55
57
7. Myanmar
1.44
60
8. Pakistan
1.35
61
9. North Korea
1.29
64
10. Kyrgyzstan
1.11
67
11. Azerbaijan
0.89
72
12. Uzbekistan
0.85
74
13. Viet Nam
0.79
76
14. Malaysia
0.67
81
15. Turkmenistan
0.62
87
16. Armenia
0.58
90
17. Laos
0.56
92
Region Rank Rate World Rank
18. Georgia
0.54
94
19. Cambodia
0.50
96
20. Tajikistan
0.49
97
21. Sri Lanka
0.39
113
22. Timor-Leste
0.36
116
23. Bangladesh
0.34
117
24. Indonesia
0.30
124
25. India
0.27
131
26. Bhutan
0.26
133
27. Philippines
0.24
143
28. Thailand
0.18
152
29. South Korea
0.15
158
30. Japan
0.14
160
31. Maldives
0.05
179
32. Singapore
0.02
181
33. Brunei
0.00
183

South America

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Guatemala
1.66
53
2. Honduras
0.61
88
3. Bolivia
0.60
89
4. Argentina
0.40
112
5. Peru
0.38
114
6. Belize
0.38
115
7. Ecuador
0.34
118
8. Uruguay
0.34
119
9. Chile
0.31
121
10. Suriname
0.30
123
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Nicaragua
0.30
125
12. Venezuela
0.24
141
13. El Salvador
0.24
144
14. Paraguay
0.20
150
15. Brazil
0.14
159
16. Colombia
0.12
166
17. Costa Rica
0.11
169
18. Panama
0.09
172
19. Guyana
0.07
178

North America

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Haiti
1.33
62
2. Antigua/Bar.
0.66
84
3. United States
0.46
102
4. Barbados
0.44
104
5. Mexico
0.42
106
6. Dominican Rep.
0.42
107
7. Canada
0.25
135
Region Rank Rate World Rank
8. Bahamas
0.16
155
9. Saint Lucia
0.13
163
10. Cuba
0.11
168
11. Trinidad/Tob.
0.10
171
12. Jamaica
0.08
175
13. Grenada
0.07
176
14. Saint Vincent
0.01
182

Europe

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Moldova
4.53
5
2. Belarus
2.52
32
3. Ukraine
1.98
45
4. Romania
1.32
63
5. Lithuania
1.15
65
6. Latvia
0.96
69
7. Iceland
0.64
86
8. Estonia
0.47
99
9. Montenegro
0.46
101
10. Poland
0.46
103
11. Slovakia
0.42
108
12. No Macedonia
0.41
109
13. Hungary
0.40
111
14. Bulgaria
0.34
120
15. Bosnia/Herzeg.
0.31
122
16. Albania
0.27
128
17. Cyprus
0.27
130
18. Finland
0.26
132
19. Ireland
0.25
136
20. United Kingdom
0.25
137
Region Rank Rate World Rank
21. Belgium
0.25
138
22. Czech Republic
0.25
139
23. Spain
0.24
140
24. France
0.24
142
25. Croatia
0.23
145
26. Norway
0.23
146
27. Germany
0.21
148
28. Luxembourg
0.20
149
29. Italy
0.17
154
30. Austria
0.15
156
31. Portugal
0.15
157
32. Greece
0.14
161
33. Serbia
0.14
162
34. Switzerland
0.12
164
35. Sweden
0.12
165
36. Slovenia
0.10
170
37. Denmark
0.08
173
38. Malta
0.08
174
39. Netherlands
0.07
177

Oceania

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Solomon Isl.
2.65
28
2. Kiribati
2.45
35
3. New Guinea
1.50
58
4. Tonga
1.13
66
5. Micronesia
0.93
70
Region Rank Rate World Rank
6. Vanuatu
0.79
75
7. Samoa
0.47
100
8. Fiji
0.26
134
9. New Zealand
0.18
153
10. Australia
0.12
167

Middle East

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Yemen
1.93
46
2. Iran
0.98
68
3. Oman
0.91
71
4. Libya
0.86
73
5. Saudi Arabia
0.74
78
6. Morocco
0.74
79
7. Tunisia
0.67
82
8. Syria
0.66
83
9. Algeria
0.65
85
10. Lebanon
0.57
91
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Jordan
0.49
98
12. Turkey
0.43
105
13. Kuwait
0.40
110
14. Arab Emirates
0.28
126
15. Iraq
0.27
127
16. Qatar
0.27
129
17. Bahrain
0.22
147
18. Egypt
0.20
151
19. Israel
0.04
180
ICD-10 CODES: X40, X43, X46-X48, X49
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica,
Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.