Unintentional drowning mortality, by age and body of water: an analysis of 60 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine unintentional drowning mortality by age and body of water across 60 countries, to provide a starting point for further in-depth investigations within individual countries.

Methods

The latest available three years of mortality data for each country were extracted from WHO Health Statistics and Information Services (updated at 13 November 2013). We calculated mortality rate of unintentional drowning by age group for each country. For countries using International Classification of Disease 10 (ICD-10) detailed 3 or 4 Character List, we further examined the body of water involved.

Results

A huge variation in age-standardised mortality rate (deaths per 100 000 population) was noted, from 0.12 in Turkey to 9.19 in Guyana. Of the ten countries with the

SUBMITTER: Lin CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4501178 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature