Journal article
Unintentional Child and Adolescent Drowning Mortality from 2000 to 2013 in 21 Countries: Analysis of the WHO Mortality Database
International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.14(8), p.875
08/04/2017
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14080875
PMCID: PMC5580579
PMID: 28777318
Abstract
Limited research considers change over time for drowning mortality among individuals under 20 years of age, or the sub-cause (method) of those drownings. We assessed changes in under-20 drowning mortality from 2000 to 2013 among 21 countries. Age-standardized drowning mortality data were obtained through the World Health Organization (WHO) Mortality Database. Twenty of the 21 included countries experienced a reduction in under-20 drowning mortality rate between 2000 and 2013, with decreases ranging from -80 to -13%. Detailed analysis by drowning method presented large variations in the cause of drowning across countries. Data were missing due to unspecified methods in some countries but, when known, drowning in natural bodies of water was the primary cause of child and adolescent drowning in Poland (56-92%), Cuba (53-81%), Venezuela (43-56%), and Japan (39-60%), while drowning in swimming pools and bathtubs was common in the United States (26-37%) and Japan (28-39%), respectively. We recommend efforts to raise the quality of drowning death reporting systems and discuss prevention strategies that may reduce child and adolescent drowning risk, both in individual countries and globally.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Unintentional Child and Adolescent Drowning Mortality from 2000 to 2013 in 21 Countries: Analysis of the WHO Mortality Database
- Creators
- Yue Wu - Central South UniversityYun Huang - Central South UniversityDavid C. Schwebel - University of Alabama at BirminghamGuoqing Hu - Central South University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.14(8), p.875
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph14080875
- PMID
- 28777318
- PMCID
- PMC5580579
- NLM abbreviation
- Int J Environ Res Public Health
- ISSN
- 1660-4601
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- 81573260; 71561167001; 71371192 / Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/04/2017
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949462002771
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