Drowning mortality by intent: a population-based cross-sectional study of 32 OECD countries, 2012-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the drowning mortality rates and proportion of deaths of each intent among all drowning deaths in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in 2012-2014.

Design

A population-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

32 OECD countries.

Participants

Individuals in OECD countries who died from drowning.

Main outcome measures

Drowning mortality rates (deaths per 100 000 population) and proportion (%) of deaths of each intent (ie, unintentional intent, intentional self-harm, assault, undetermined intent and all intents combined) among all drowning deaths.

Results

Countries with the highest drowning mortality rates (deaths per 100 000 population) were Estonia (3.53), Japan (3.49) and Greece (2.40) for uninte

SUBMITTER: Hsieh WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059339 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature