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Deaths from Poisoning

Deaths from Poisoning: 16,307 deaths (IOM); 14,078 deaths for unintentional poisoning and 5,191 for suicide poisoning in USA 2001 (CDC); 12,186 deaths reported in USA 1999 for accidental poisoning or exposure to noxious substances (NVSR Sep 2001); 6.0 per 100,000 in Canada 1997¹

Deaths from types of Poisoning: for details see deaths from types of Poisoning analysis; summary of available deaths by type data:

Food Poisoning: about 5,000 annually in USA (NIDDK)

Suicide deaths related to Poisoning: 5,191 deaths for suicide poisoning in USA 2001 (CDC); 3.1 per 100,000 with 925 cases of "self-inflicted" poisoning deaths in Canada 1997¹

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Poisoning: 16,306 per year, 1,358 per month, 313 per week, 44 per day, 1 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this automatic extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 16,307 deaths (IOM); 14,078 deaths for unintentional poisoning and 5,191 for suicide poisoning in USA 2001 (CDC); 12,186 deaths reported in USA 1999 for accidental poisoning or exposure to noxious substances (NVSR Sep 2001); 6.0 per 100,000 in Canada 1997¹

Death statistics for Poisoning: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Poisoning:

920 poisoning deaths were reported to poison control centers in the US 2000 (American Journal of Emergency Medicine, CDC, 2001)
19,741 poisoning deaths were reported to national vital statistics in the US 1999 (WISQARS, CDC, 2001)
7.8 per 100,000 people died from poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
Per 100,000 people died from homicidal poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1.8 per 100,000 people died from suicidal poisoning in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
39 people per 100,000 population die from injury and poisoning in Australia 2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Injury and poisoning caused 57 male deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
Injury and poisoning caused 23 female deaths per 100,000 population in Australia 2002 (AIHW Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004)
59 male deaths per 100,000 population for injury and poisoning in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
21 female deaths per 100,000 population for injury and poisoning in Australia 1994 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2004)
7 per 100,000 males died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
2.9 per 100,000 females died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
Death statistics by racial and gender groups in the USA:
- 3.9 per 100,000 Hispanic people died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 6.1 per 100,000 Hispanic males died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1.6 per 100,000 Hispanic females died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 5 per 100,000 non-Hispanic people died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 7.1 per 100,000 non-Hispanic males died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 3 per 100,000 non-Hispanic females died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 5.1 per 100,000 non-Hispanic white people died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 7.2 per 100,000 non-Hispanic white males died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 3.1 per 100,000 non-Hispanic white females died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 6.4 per 100,000 non-Hispanic black people died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 9.6 per 100,000 non-Hispanic black males died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 3.8 per 100,000 non-Hispanic black females died from accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)