biostudies-literatureUnknown194(18)Dunne CL<h4>Background</h4>Drowning accounts for hundreds of preventable deaths in Canada every year, but the impact of preexisting medical conditions on the likelihood of death from drowning is not known. We aimed to describe the prevalence of pre-existing medical conditions among people who fatally drowned in Canada and evaluate the risk of fatal drowning among people with common pre-existing medical conditions.<h4>Methods</h4>We reviewed all Canadian unintentional fatal drownings (2007-2016) in the Drowning Prevention Research Centre Canada's database. For each fatal drowning we established whether the person had pre-existing medical conditions and whether those conditions contributed to the drowning. We calculated relative risk (RR) of fatal drowning stratified by age and sex for each pre-exisCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienneE637-E644https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9259405biostudies-literatureThe link between medical conditions and fatal drownings in Canada: a 10-year cross-sectional analysis.PMC9259405Clemens TSweet JDunne CLfalseThe link between medical conditions and fatal drownings in Canada: a 10-year cross-sectional analysis.<h4>Background</h4>Drowning accounts for hundreds of preventable deaths in Canada every year, but the impact of preexisting medical conditions on the likelihood of death from drowning is not known. We aimed to describe the prevalence of pre-existing medical conditions among people who fatally drowned in Canada and evaluate the risk of fatal drowning among people with common pre-existing medical conditions.<h4>Methods</h4>We reviewed all Canadian unintentional fatal drownings (2007-2016) in the Drowning Prevention Research Centre Canada's database. For each fatal drowning we established whether the person had pre-existing medical conditions and whether those conditions contributed to the drowning. We calculated relative risk (RR) of fatal drowning stratified by age and sex for each pre-exis2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 May2026-05-03T21:50:57.41Z2022-07-23T12:16:17.483ZS-EPMC92594053553402710.1503/cmaj.211739