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

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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

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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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

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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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

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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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

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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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

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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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

Age Adjusted Death Rate Per 100,000

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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.