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  1. www.who.int › news-room › fact-sheetsDrowning - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Aug 29, 2024 · Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 9% of all injury-related deaths. There are over 300 000 annual drowning deaths worldwide. Global estimates may significantly underestimate the actual public health problem related to drowning.

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  3. exepose.com › 2018/10/05 › 30-years-of-drowning-by30 Years of Drowning by Numbers: A Q&A with Peter Greenaway

    Oct 5, 2018 · The film Drowning By Numbers – not surprisingly – was many things, not all of them so noticeable at the time of manufacture. First, it was a conscious desire to make a pastoral in the list of genres – tragedies, comedies, pastorals. Then I wanted to explore a fictional idea of my childhood.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DrowningDrowning - Wikipedia

    Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incident.

  5. www.cdc.gov › drowning › data-researchDrowning Facts | Drowning Prevention | CDC

    May 16, 2024 · Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid. Drowning happens when a person's nose and mouth are under water for too long, making it impossible to breath. Drowning is not always fatal. Fatal drowning happens when the drowning results in death. Nonfatal drowning happens when a person ...

  6. bestpractice.bmj.com › topics › en-gbDrowning - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice

    Jan 24, 2024 · Drowning is defined as the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid. Outcomes are classified as death, survival with morbidity, and survival with no morbidity.

  7. www.who.int › health-topics › floodsDrowning - key facts - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Floods can also have medium- and long-term health impacts, including: water- and vector-borne diseases, such as cholera, typhoid or malaria. injuries, such as lacerations or punctures from evacuations and disaster cleanup. mental health effects associated with emergency situations.

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  9. www.who.int › health-topics › drowningDrowning - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Nov 29, 2022 · Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid. Drowning outcomes are classified as death, morbidity and no morbidity. Agreed terminology is essential to describe the problem and to allow effective comparisons of drowning trends.