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Accidental poisonings

Incidence

Accidental poisoning deaths, the fifth leading cause of unintentional fatal injuries in the USA, jumped from 4,331 in 1980 to 5,740 in 1986. Drug poisoning, often by overdoses of illegal drugs, accounted for 4,187, some 73%, of the deaths in 1986.

Broader

Poisoning
Presentable

Narrower

Child poisoning
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Aggravated by

Poisonous plants
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Venomous animals
Unpresentable

Value

Accident
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
E1935
DOCID
11519350
D7NID
139455
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Oct 4, 2020