Journal article
Unintentional drowning mortality in China, 2006-2013
Injury prevention, Vol.25(1), pp.47-51
02/01/2019
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042713
PMCID: PMC6388908
PMID: 29691315
Abstract
Background Epidemiological characteristics and recent trends in unintentional drowning at the national level in China are unreported.
Methods Using data from the Disease Surveillance Points system, the overall, sex-, location-, age- and cause-specific age-standardised mortality from unintentional drowning in China were calculated and compared. Linear regression was used to examine the significance of mortality trend changes over time.
Results The average mortality was 4.05 per 100000 persons between 2006 and 2013. Men and rural residents had much higher drowning mortality rates than women and urban residents at all time points. Drowning following a fall into natural water was the most common mechanism (46% of all drowning deaths). The overall drowning mortality rate remained stable for all subgroups except for distinct decreases in urban residents, children aged 5-9 years, and other specified and unspecified drowning (-10%, -36% and -25%, respectively).
Conclusions The overall drowning mortality rate remained high and stable in China between 2006 and 2013. Effective prevention measures like removing or covering water hazards, wearing personal floatation devices, supervision of children, and teaching survival swimming and resuscitation skills should be implemented nationwide.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Unintentional drowning mortality in China, 2006-2013
- Creators
- Lijun Wang - National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and PreventionXunjie Cheng - Central South UniversityPeng Yin - National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and PreventionPeixia Cheng - Central South UniversityYunning Liu - National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and PreventionDavid C. Schwebel - University of Alabama at BirminghamJiangmei Liu - National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and PreventionJinlei Qi - National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and PreventionMaigeng Zhou - National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and PreventionGuoqing Hu - Central South University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Injury prevention, Vol.25(1), pp.47-51
- DOI
- 10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042713
- PMID
- 29691315
- PMCID
- PMC6388908
- NLM abbreviation
- Inj Prev
- ISSN
- 1353-8047
- eISSN
- 1475-5785
- Publisher
- Bmj Publishing Group
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949452202771
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