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	SIERRA LEONE	4.8
2	BURUNDI	4.7
3	ANGOLA	4.6
4	CENTRAL AFRICA	4.5
5	CHAD	4.4
6	BOLIVIA	4.4
7	COTE D IVOIRE	4.2
8	ERITREA	4.1
9	SOUTH SUDAN	4.0
10	COMOROS	3.8
11	SUDAN	3.5
12	BURKINA FASO	3.2
13	DJIBOUTI	3.1
14	MOZAMBIQUE	3.1
15	MALI	3.0
16	BENIN	3.0
17	RWANDA	3.0
18	DR CONGO	3.0
19	NIGER	2.9
20	UGANDA	2.9
21	NIGERIA	2.9
22	KAZAKHSTAN	2.9
23	GUINEA	2.8
24	BELARUS	2.8
25	SWAZILAND	2.8
26	CAMEROON	2.8
27	SOMALIA	2.8
28	EQU. GUINEA	2.7
29	GAMBIA	2.7
30	LESOTHO	2.7
31	HAITI	2.7
32	YEMEN	2.7
33	MALAWI	2.7
34	GUINEA-BISSAU	2.7
35	TOGO	2.6
36	ETHIOPIA	2.5
37	ZAMBIA	2.4
38	MONGOLIA	2.4
39	TANZANIA	2.3
40	KENYA	2.3
41	MAURITANIA	2.3
42	MADAGASCAR	2.3
43	UKRAINE	2.3
44	NORTH KOREA	2.2
45	TAJIKISTAN	2.1
46	LIBERIA	2.1
47	INDIA	2.1
48	NEW GUINEA	2.0
49	SENEGAL	2.0
50	RUSSIA	1.9
51	ZIMBABWE	1.8
52	MYANMAR	1.8
53	GHANA	1.8
54	KIRIBATI	1.8
55	NAMIBIA	1.8
56	CONGO	1.7
57	TONGA	1.6
58	IRAN	1.5
59	UZBEKISTAN	1.5
60	BOTSWANA	1.5
61	AFGHANISTAN	1.5
62	CHINA	1.5
63	GABON	1.4
64	GUATEMALA	1.4
65	BOSNIA/HERZEG.	1.4
66	PAKISTAN	1.3
67	SOLOMON ISL.	1.3
68	MOLDOVA	1.3
69	SAO TOME	1.3
70	SOUTH AFRICA	1.3
71	TURKMENISTAN	1.2
72	LAOS	1.2
73	PERU	1.1
74	GUYANA	1.1
75	MICRONESIA	1.1
76	UNITED STATES	1.1
77	LATVIA	1.1
78	SAUDI ARABIA	1.1
79	ALGERIA	1.1
80	KYRGYZSTAN	1.1
81	BELIZE	1.0
82	VIET NAM	0.9
83	BHUTAN	0.9
84	VANUATU	0.9
85	CAMBODIA	0.9
86	SYRIA	0.9
87	LITHUANIA	0.9
88	GRENADA	0.9
89	LIBYA	0.9
90	TIMOR-LESTE	0.9
91	ECUADOR	0.8
92	MALDIVES	0.8
93	HONDURAS	0.8
94	ARGENTINA	0.8
95	NORWAY	0.8
96	JORDAN	0.7
97	SAMOA	0.7
98	GEORGIA	0.7
99	SURINAME	0.7
100	ESTONIA	0.7
101	MOROCCO	0.7
102	AZERBAIJAN	0.7
103	NEPAL	0.7
104	CAPE VERDE	0.7
105	TUNISIA	0.6
106	MALAYSIA	0.6
107	PANAMA	0.6
108	NICARAGUA	0.6
109	EGYPT	0.6
110	ANTIGUA/BAR.	0.6
111	BULGARIA	0.6
112	URUGUAY	0.6
113	MONTENEGRO	0.6
114	ARMENIA	0.6
115	ROMANIA	0.6
116	ICELAND	0.5
117	FIJI	0.5
118	SEYCHELLES	0.5
119	TURKEY	0.5
120	SAINT VINCENT	0.5
121	INDONESIA	0.5
122	PARAGUAY	0.5
123	MEXICO	0.5
124	SWEDEN	0.5
125	CANADA	0.5
126	IRAQ	0.5
127	THAILAND	0.5
128	JAMAICA	0.5
129	FRANCE	0.4
130	LEBANON	0.4
131	FINLAND	0.4
132	SLOVAKIA	0.4
133	SOUTH KOREA	0.4
134	TRINIDAD/TOB.	0.4
135	SRI LANKA	0.4
136	AUSTRALIA	0.4
137	COSTA RICA	0.4
138	EL SALVADOR	0.4
139	CZECH REPUBLIC	0.4
140	ARAB EMIRATES	0.4
141	DOMINICAN REP.	0.4
142	DENMARK	0.4
143	IRELAND	0.4
144	UNITED KINGDOM	0.4
145	BAHAMAS	0.3
146	BELGIUM	0.3
147	MACEDONIA	0.3
148	BANGLADESH	0.3
149	BAHRAIN	0.3
150	COLOMBIA	0.3
151	SERBIA	0.3
152	SAINT LUCIA	0.3
153	BARBADOS	0.3
154	JAPAN	0.3
155	VENEZUELA	0.3
156	KUWAIT	0.3
157	QATAR	0.3
158	SLOVENIA	0.3
159	NEW ZEALAND	0.3
160	CHILE	0.3
161	POLAND	0.3
162	PHILIPPINES	0.3
163	ALBANIA	0.3
164	ITALY	0.3
165	AUSTRIA	0.3
166	BRUNEI	0.3
167	CUBA	0.2
168	HUNGARY	0.2
169	GREECE	0.2
170	CYPRUS	0.2
171	BRAZIL	0.2
172	ISRAEL	0.2
173	PORTUGAL	0.2
174	SPAIN	0.2
175	CROATIA	0.2
176	LUXEMBOURG	0.2
177	OMAN	0.2
178	MALTA	0.2
179	NETHERLANDS	0.1
180	SWITZERLAND	0.1
181	GERMANY	0.1
182	MAURITIUS	0.1
183	SINGAPORE	0.1

World Unintentional Poisoning

Age adjusted death rate

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Sierra Leone	4.78	1
2.	Burundi	4.74	2
3.	Angola	4.57	3
4.	Central Africa	4.53	4
5.	Chad	4.40	5
6.	Cote d Ivoire	4.15	7
7.	Eritrea	4.06	8
8.	South Sudan	3.98	9
9.	Comoros	3.77	10
10.	Sudan	3.48	11
11.	Burkina Faso	3.20	12
12.	Djibouti	3.11	13
13.	Mozambique	3.11	14
14.	Mali	3.03	15
15.	Benin	3.01	16
16.	Rwanda	2.97	17
17.	DR Congo	2.97	18
18.	Niger	2.93	19
19.	Uganda	2.91	20
20.	Nigeria	2.89	21
21.	Guinea	2.84	23
22.	Swaziland	2.81	25
23.	Cameroon	2.81	26
24.	Somalia	2.76	27
25.	Equ. Guinea	2.75	28

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Gambia	2.73	29
27.	Lesotho	2.72	30
28.	Malawi	2.66	33
29.	Guinea-Bissau	2.65	34
30.	Togo	2.59	35
31.	Ethiopia	2.51	36
32.	Zambia	2.41	37
33.	Tanzania	2.35	39
34.	Kenya	2.34	40
35.	Mauritania	2.33	41
36.	Madagascar	2.32	42
37.	Liberia	2.09	46
38.	Senegal	2.00	49
39.	Zimbabwe	1.85	51
40.	Ghana	1.81	53
41.	Namibia	1.75	55
42.	Congo	1.66	56
43.	Botswana	1.53	60
44.	Gabon	1.45	63
45.	Sao Tome	1.28	69
46.	South Africa	1.27	70
47.	Cape Verde	0.67	104
48.	Seychelles	0.53	118
49.	Mauritius	0.11	182

Death Rate per 100,000

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POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Kazakhstan	2.85	22
2.	Mongolia	2.37	38
3.	North Korea	2.20	44
4.	Tajikistan	2.10	45
5.	India	2.06	47
6.	Russia	1.88	50
7.	Myanmar	1.84	52
8.	Uzbekistan	1.54	59
9.	Afghanistan	1.50	61
10.	China	1.46	62
11.	Pakistan	1.33	66
12.	Turkmenistan	1.25	71
13.	Laos	1.24	72
14.	Kyrgyzstan	1.05	80
15.	Viet Nam	0.95	82
16.	Bhutan	0.94	83
17.	Cambodia	0.92	85

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
18.	Timor-Leste	0.85	90
19.	Maldives	0.78	92
20.	Georgia	0.73	98
21.	Azerbaijan	0.69	102
22.	Nepal	0.68	103
23.	Malaysia	0.63	106
24.	Armenia	0.58	114
25.	Indonesia	0.49	121
26.	Thailand	0.45	127
27.	South Korea	0.41	133
28.	Sri Lanka	0.39	135
29.	Bangladesh	0.33	148
30.	Japan	0.32	154
31.	Philippines	0.27	162
32.	Brunei	0.25	166
33.	Singapore	0.11	183

Death Rate per 100,000

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POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Belarus	2.81	24
2.	Ukraine	2.29	43
3.	Bosnia/Herzeg.	1.41	65
4.	Moldova	1.29	68
5.	Latvia	1.06	77
6.	Lithuania	0.90	87
7.	Norway	0.75	95
8.	Estonia	0.70	100
9.	Bulgaria	0.59	111
10.	Montenegro	0.58	113
11.	Romania	0.57	115
12.	Iceland	0.54	116
13.	Sweden	0.47	124
14.	France	0.45	129
15.	Finland	0.43	131
16.	Slovakia	0.42	132
17.	Czech Republic	0.37	139
18.	Denmark	0.36	142
19.	Ireland	0.36	143
20.	United Kingdom	0.35	144

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
21.	Belgium	0.34	146
22.	Macedonia	0.34	147
23.	Serbia	0.33	151
24.	Slovenia	0.29	158
25.	Poland	0.28	161
26.	Albania	0.26	163
27.	Italy	0.26	164
28.	Austria	0.25	165
29.	Hungary	0.24	168
30.	Greece	0.24	169
31.	Cyprus	0.23	170
32.	Portugal	0.22	173
33.	Spain	0.22	174
34.	Croatia	0.21	175
35.	Luxembourg	0.20	176
36.	Malta	0.15	178
37.	Netherlands	0.14	179
38.	Switzerland	0.14	180
39.	Germany	0.12	181

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Yemen	2.68	32
2.	Iran	1.55	58
3.	Saudi Arabia	1.06	78
4.	Algeria	1.05	79
5.	Syria	0.92	86
6.	Libya	0.87	89
7.	Jordan	0.75	96
8.	Morocco	0.70	101
9.	Tunisia	0.63	105
10.	Egypt	0.60	109

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
11.	Turkey	0.52	119
12.	Iraq	0.45	126
13.	Lebanon	0.43	130
14.	Arab Emirates	0.37	140
15.	Bahrain	0.33	149
16.	Kuwait	0.30	156
17.	Qatar	0.30	157
18.	Israel	0.22	172
19.	Oman	0.17	177

Death Rate per 100,000

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POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Haiti	2.69	31
2.	United States	1.10	76
3.	Grenada	0.88	88
4.	Antigua/Bar.	0.60	110
5.	Saint Vincent	0.51	120
6.	Mexico	0.47	123
7.	Canada	0.47	125

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
8.	Jamaica	0.45	128
9.	Trinidad/Tob.	0.41	134
10.	Dominican Rep.	0.36	141
11.	Bahamas	0.34	145
12.	Saint Lucia	0.33	152
13.	Barbados	0.32	153
14.	Cuba	0.25	167

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	New Guinea	2.02	48
2.	Kiribati	1.76	54
3.	Tonga	1.58	57
4.	Solomon Isl.	1.32	67
5.	Micronesia	1.10	75

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
6.	Vanuatu	0.94	84
7.	Samoa	0.74	97
8.	Fiji	0.53	117
9.	Australia	0.38	136
10.	New Zealand	0.29	159

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Bolivia	4.37	6
2.	Guatemala	1.41	64
3.	Peru	1.14	73
4.	Guyana	1.11	74
5.	Belize	0.96	81
6.	Ecuador	0.81	91
7.	Honduras	0.77	93
8.	Argentina	0.76	94
9.	Suriname	0.71	99
10.	Panama	0.63	107

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
11.	Nicaragua	0.62	108
12.	Uruguay	0.58	112
13.	Paraguay	0.48	122
14.	Costa Rica	0.38	137
15.	El Salvador	0.38	138
16.	Colombia	0.33	150
17.	Venezuela	0.31	155
18.	Chile	0.28	160
19.	Brazil	0.22	171

ICD-10 CODES: X40, X43, X46-X48, X49

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Age Adjusted Death Rate Estimates: 2017
Calculations Provided by World Life Expectancy
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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