biostudies-literatureUnknown13(2)Khan NU<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to estimate the burden of unintentional poisoning in South Asian countries from 1999 to 2019.<h4>Design</h4>An ecological study conducted at the regional level for South Asian countries, based on data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.<h4>Setting</h4>We extracted unintentional poisoning data from the Global Burden of Disease Study data set from 1990 to 2019 to assess trends in mortality, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), years of life lost, years lived with disability (YLDs) and causative agents in South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan).<h4>Outcome measures</h4>We determined the per cent change and 95% CI for the period between 1990 and 2019 by age, gender and country. We also conducted Poisson regression toBMJ opene062744https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9923325biostudies-literatureTrends in mortality related to unintentional poisoning in the South Asian region from 1990 to 2019: analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study.PMC9923325Waheed SRazzak JARaheem AKhan NUKhudadad UAli AKhan UfalseTrends in mortality related to unintentional poisoning in the South Asian region from 1990 to 2019: analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study.<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to estimate the burden of unintentional poisoning in South Asian countries from 1999 to 2019.<h4>Design</h4>An ecological study conducted at the regional level for South Asian countries, based on data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.<h4>Setting</h4>We extracted unintentional poisoning data from the Global Burden of Disease Study data set from 1990 to 2019 to assess trends in mortality, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), years of life lost, years lived with disability (YLDs) and causative agents in South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan).<h4>Outcome measures</h4>We determined the per cent change and 95% CI for the period between 1990 and 2019 by age, gender and country. We also conducted Poisson regression to2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Feb2026-03-27T15:39:03.077Z2025-06-01T12:01:28.92ZS-EPMC99233253675455910.1136/bmjopen-2022-062744