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 Comparison: 13.90 Unit: deaths/100,000 population View Legend | Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Poisonings
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| What is this Indicator? The total number of deaths due to poisoning per 100,000 population, adjusted by age, annually. A poison is any substance that is harmful to your body. There are many ways that poisonings can occur, swallowing it, inhaling it or absorbing it through the skin. Common poisons include: prescription drugs, overdose of illegal drugs, carbon monoxide, household products (cleaning supplies), pesticides, indoor/outdoor plans and metals such as lead and mercury. Poisonings can cause short term illnesses, brain damage, coma and even death. The best way to prevent poisonings is to use products exactly as directed and to keep dangerous products away from children. Treatment for poisonings depends on the type of poison.
Sources:
1.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoning.html 2.http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/poisoning-factsheet.htm)
The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to prevent an increase in the rate of poisoning deaths and maintain a rate of 13.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
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| Why this is important: In 2007 there were over 40,000 deaths due to poisonings. Almost 75% of those deaths were unintentional. In 2009, more than 700,000 emergency department visits were due to unintentional poisonings. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/poisoning-factsheet.htm) | |||||||||
| Technical Note: Poison deaths are defined by ICD-10 codes X40-X49.9. Age-adjusted rates are more accurate than crude death rates since it accounts for the age distribution in an area. This is especially important when ages differ across geographic areas with varied population sizes and composition. The distribution is based on 64 Parishes in Louisiana. Deaths were defined by parish of occurrence. Parish estimates are calculated from three years of vital statistics data (2006-2008) in order to stabilize small values. Births (or deaths) are for those mothers who resided in Orleans Parish. Population estimates in the denominator are from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2005-2009); chosen instead of the US Census 2010 to be more comparable with numerator values which are a grouping of several earlier years. In addition, any comparisons with neighborhood estimates or the Orleans Parish totals required the use of ACS population in the calculations of rates. Parish level rates may differ slightly from those published elsewhere, due mostly to different sources of denominator populations and/or different years of data. Limitations of Data: The use of the ACS population estimates for 2005-2009 in the calculation of rates are more reliable; however less current. Future publications will use 2010 US Census data as numerator data is updated. Only 0.1% of all deaths were missing parish code. Many parishes had no deaths from falls. Caddo, E. Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Ouachita and St Tammany Parishes have rates significantly higher than other parishes and may be unreliable. Limitations of Data: Only 0.1% of all deaths were missing parish code. Jefferson, Plaquemines, St Tammany and Winn Parishes have rates significantly higher than other parishes and may be unreliable. | |||||||||
| Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Human Services äóñ Vital Statistics | |||||||||
| URL of Data: >http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/reports.asp?ID=275&Detail=336 | |||||||||
| Update Frequency: Yearly | |||||||||
| Last Update: 2011-04-13 | |||||||||
| Maintained By: LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE | |||||||||
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Going up Unit: deaths/100,000 population View Legend | Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Poisonings
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| What is this Indicator? The total number of deaths due to poisoning per 100,000 population, adjusted by age, annually. A poison is any substance that is harmful to your body. There are many ways that poisonings can occur, swallowing it, inhaling it or absorbing it through the skin. Common poisons include: prescription drugs, overdose of illegal drugs, carbon monoxide, household products (cleaning supplies), pesticides, indoor/outdoor plans and metals such as lead and mercury. Poisonings can cause short term illnesses, brain damage, coma and even death. The best way to prevent poisonings is to use products exactly as directed and to keep dangerous products away from children. Treatment for poisonings depends on the type of poison.
Sources:
1.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoning.html 2.http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/poisoning-factsheet.htm)
The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to prevent an increase in the rate of poisoning deaths and maintain a rate of 13.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
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| Why this is important: In 2007 there were over 40,000 deaths due to poisonings. Almost 75% of those deaths were unintentional. In 2009, more than 700,000 emergency department visits were due to unintentional poisonings. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/poisoning-factsheet.htm) | |||||||||
| Technical Note: | |||||||||
| Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Human Services äóñ Vital Statistics | |||||||||
| URL of Data: >http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/reports.asp?ID=275&Detail=336 | |||||||||
| Update Frequency: Yearly | |||||||||
| Last Update: 2011-04-13 | |||||||||
| Maintained By: LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE | |||||||||
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Target Met Unit: deaths/100,000 population View Legend | Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Poisonings
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| What is this Indicator? The total number of deaths due to poisoning per 100,000 population, adjusted by age, annually. A poison is any substance that is harmful to your body. There are many ways that poisonings can occur, swallowing it, inhaling it or absorbing it through the skin. Common poisons include: prescription drugs, overdose of illegal drugs, carbon monoxide, household products (cleaning supplies), pesticides, indoor/outdoor plans and metals such as lead and mercury. Poisonings can cause short term illnesses, brain damage, coma and even death. The best way to prevent poisonings is to use products exactly as directed and to keep dangerous products away from children. Treatment for poisonings depends on the type of poison.
Sources:
1.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoning.html 2.http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/poisoning-factsheet.htm)
The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to prevent an increase in the rate of poisoning deaths and maintain a rate of 13.1 deaths per 100,000 population.
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| Why this is important: In 2007 there were over 40,000 deaths due to poisonings. Almost 75% of those deaths were unintentional. In 2009, more than 700,000 emergency department visits were due to unintentional poisonings. Source: http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/poisoning-factsheet.htm) | |||||||||
| Technical Note: | |||||||||
| Source: Louisiana Department of Health and Human Services äóñ Vital Statistics | |||||||||
| URL of Data: >http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/reports.asp?ID=275&Detail=336 | |||||||||
| Update Frequency: Yearly | |||||||||
| Last Update: 2011-04-13 | |||||||||
| Maintained By: LOUISIANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE | |||||||||