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.
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