FIGURE 6.1. Mortality rates due to poisoning per 100 000 childrena by WHO region and country income level, 2004.

FIGURE 6.1Mortality rates due to poisoning per 100 000 childrena by WHO region and country income level, 2004

a These data refer to those under 20 years of age.

HIC = High-income countries; LMIC = low-income and middle-income countries.

Source: WHO (2008), Global Burden of Disease: 2004 update.

From: 6, Poisoning

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