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. 2023 Oct 6;8(11):e839–e849. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00185-8

Table.

Change in global, super-regional, and regional deaths and age-standardised mortality due to unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning, 2000–21

Number of deaths, 95% UI
Age-standardised mortality rate per 100 000, 95% UI
2000 2021 Percentage change, 2000–21 2000 2021 Percentage change, 2000–21
Global 42 800 (37 500 to 45 700) 28 900 (21 700 to 32 800) −32·5% (−47·3 to −21·9) 0·761 (0·668 to 0·810) 0·353 (0·265 to 0·401) −53·5% (−63·7 to −46·2)
Central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia 20 600 (20 300 to 20 900) 7110 (6660 to 7620) −65·4% (−67·7 to −63·1) 4·55 (4·48 to 4·63) 1·39 (1·30 to 1·49) −69·4% (−71·3 to −67·4)
Central Asia 2120 (1950 to 2250) 918 (803 to 1040) −56·6% (−61·2 to −50·7) 3·29 (3·03 to 3·50) 0·988 (0·865 to 1·12) −70·0% (−73·0 to −66·0)
Central Europe 1430 (1390 to 1470) 582 (539 to 626) −59·3% (−61·6 to −56·5) 1·08 (1·04 to 1·11) 0·360 (0·335 to 0·389) −66·1% (−68·1 to −63·6)
Eastern Europe 17 000 (16 800 to 17 200) 5610 (5180 to 6080) −67·1% (−69·6 to −64·5) 6·83 (6·75 to 6·91) 2·12 (1·98 to 2·30) −68·9% (−71·0 to −66·6)
High income 2250 (2170 to 2370) 2430 (2320 to 2510) 7·9% (2·5 to 10·8) 0·209 (0·203 to 0·221) 0·186 (0·180 to 0·191) −11·2% (−15·3 to −8·5)
Australasia 40·2 (38·6 to 42·2) 28·1 (26·7 to 29·6) −30·2% (−34·1 to −25·3) 0·171 (0·164 to 0·179) 0·0833 (0·0800 to 0·0874) −50·9% (−53·8 to −47·0)
High-income Asia Pacific 430 (397 to 539) 310 (279 to 396) −27·9% (−36·8 to −21·1) 0·207 (0·191 to 0·259) 0·122 (0·111 to 0·161) −40·8% (−49·0 to −35·7)
High-income North America 821 (796 to 838) 1310 (1260 to 1350) 59·4% (52·8 to 64·6) 0·241 (0·235 to 0·246) 0·314 (0·303 to 0·324) 30·4% (24·8 to 34·9)
Southern Latin America 245 (237 to 251) 247 (236 to 260) 0·9% (−4·6 to 6·9) 0·455 (0·440 to 0·468) 0·342 (0·326 to 0·360) −24·5% (−28·7 to −20·2)
Western Europe 715 (689 to 732) 536 (503 to 560) −25·1% (−27·8 to −23·1) 0·150 (0·145 to 0·153) 0·0860 (0·0825 to 0·0889) −42·5% (−43·8 to −41·2)
Latin America and Caribbean 540 (514 to 570) 571 (513 to 628) 5·6% (−3·1 to 15·7) 0·129 (0·123 to 0·136) 0·0965 (0·0860 to 0·107) −25·2% (−31·9 to −18·0)
Andean Latin America 27·1 (17·1 to 32·3) 46·4 (31·0 to 58·7) 71·3% (40·6 to 114·3) 0·0632 (0·0415 to 0·0736) 0·0715 (0·0477 to 0·0903) 12·8% (−7·3 to 39·9)
Caribbean 47·7 (35·2 to 63·5) 44·9 (29·8 to 64·7) −5·8% (−26·2 to 19·6) 0·136 (0·0995 to 0·184) 0·106 (0·0668 to 0·156) −23·0% (−39·4 to −3·0)
Central Latin America 405 (392 to 418) 411 (370 to 458) 1·6% (−8·0 to 11·5) 0·231 (0·224 to 0·239) 0·165 (0·148 to 0·184) −28·7% (−35·6 to −21·8)
Tropical Latin America 60·7 (58·3 to 63·8) 68·1 (64·6 to 71·6) 12·3% (6·6 to 18·5) 0·0370 (0·0352 to 0·0389) 0·0287 (0·0272 to 0·0302) −21·6% (−25·1 to −17·6)
North Africa and Middle East 2610 (1470 to 3340) 2780 (1480 to 3630) 6·6% (−14·3 to 29·4) 0·700 (0·409 to 0·889) 0·487 (0·264 to 0·629) −30·3% (−44·1 to −16·2)
South Asia 1170 (622 to 1640) 1190 (673 to 1530) 1·4% (−19·2 to 33·9) 0·0965 (0·0557 to 0·128) 0·0681 (0·0386 to 0·0879) −29·8% (−41·8 to −8·5)
Southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania 15 200 (11 400 to 17 600) 14 300 (8360 to 17 300) −6·0% (−43·4 to 20·6) 0·942 (0·694 to 1·08) 0·593 (0·349 to 0·711) −36·3% (−60·2 to −19·1)
East Asia 14 500 (11 000 to 17 000) 13 500 (7690 to 16600) −6·6% (−45·4 to 19·1) 1·30 (0·955 to 1·49) 0·802 (0·465 to 0·962) −37·6% (−61·7 to −21·8)
Oceania 17·8 (7·71 to 30·5) 24·6 (11·4 to 45·6) 37·7% (−8·8 to 110·4) 0·245 (0·105 to 0·415) 0·195 (0·0886 to 0·383) −20·5% (−43·4 to 14·1)
Southeast Asia 676 (264 to 901) 710 (289 to 925) 5·1% (−20·1 to 45·4) 0·136 (0·0533 to 0·183) 0·101 (0·0413 to 0·131) −25·8% (−42·6 to 1·6)
Sub-Saharan Africa 502 (339 to 1290) 552 (261 to 1640) 9·9% (−28·8 to 56·0) 0·115 (0·0724 to 0·289) 0·0750 (0·0342 to 0·235) −35·0% (−59·6 to −10·2)
Central sub-Saharan Africa 60·5 (21·0 to 229) 75·3 (14·7 to 308) 24·5% (−55·4 to 99·3) 0·117 (0·0427 to 0·432) 0·0905 (0·0178 to 0·368) −23·2% (−70·1 to 10·7)
Eastern sub-Saharan Africa 205 (83·8 to 693) 212 (56·2 to 890) 3·3% (−54·2 to 50·8) 0·136 (0·0500 to 0·478) 0·0863 (0·0217 to 0·373) −36·6% (−69·4 to −8·1)
Southern sub-Saharan Africa 135 (75·6 to 189) 141 (90·3 to 207) 4·4% (−24·1 to 46·0) 0·214 (0·120 to 0·297) 0·178 (0·118 to 0·256) −18·6% (−40·4 to 13·6)
Western sub-Saharan Africa 102 (56·6 to 206) 123 (71·9 to 315) 21·6% (−25·3 to 85·0) 0·0762 (0·0432 to 0·153) 0·0485 (0·0288 to 0·120) −36·3% (−60·7 to −2·2)

Estimates were computed at the draw level to propagate uncertainty; manual calculations (eg, for percentage change or grouped locations) might result in slight differences. Count and rate data are presented to three significant figures. UI=uncertainty interval.