 It has been estimated that more than 40 @,@ 000 people per year seek medical attention for carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States . 95 % of carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in the United States are due to gas space heaters . In many industrialized countries carbon monoxide is the cause of more than 50 % of fatal poisonings . In the United States , approximately 200 people die each year from carbon monoxide poisoning associated with home fuel @-@ burning heating equipment . Carbon monoxide poisoning contributes to the approximately <unk> smoke inhalation deaths each year in the United States . The CDC reports , " Each year , more than 500 Americans die from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning , and more than 2 @,@ 000 commit suicide by intentionally poisoning themselves . " For the 10 @-@ year period from 1979 to 1988 , 56 @,@ 133 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning occurred in the United States , with 25 @,@ 889 of those being suicides , leaving 30 @,@ 244 unintentional deaths . A report from New Zealand showed that 206 people died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the years of 2001 and 2002 . In total carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for 43 @.@ 9 % of deaths by poisoning in that country . In South Korea , 1 @,@ 950 people had been poisoned by carbon monoxide with 254 deaths from 2001 through 2003 . A report from Jerusalem showed 3 @.@ 53 per 100 @,@ 000 people were poisoned annually from 2001 through 2006 . In Hubei , China , 218 deaths from poisoning were reported over a 10 @-@ year period with 16 @.@ 5 % being from carbon monoxide exposure . 
