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Aug 29, 2024 · Children, males and individuals with increased access to water are most at risk of drowning. Overview. Drowning is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid. Outcomes are classified as death, morbidity and no morbidity. Scope of the problem.
Jul 25, 2024 · Incident report data tells us that globally, men are 80% more likely to drown than women, especially middle-aged men and teenage boys. This higher risk is attributed to men spending more time in...
Nov 29, 2022 · The latest WHO Global Health Estimates indicate that over 300 000 people lost their lives to drowning in 2021. Just over half of these deaths occur among those aged under 30 years, and drowning is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide for children aged 5-14 years.
Nov 17, 2014 · “Almost all water presents a drowning risk, particularly inside and around our homes” says Dr Etienne Krug, WHO Director for the Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention.
Who’s Most at Risk • As children get older, they are more at risk of fatally drowning in open water. Between ages 1 and 4, 57 percent of drownings occur in pools and 22 percent in open water. More than half of open water drownings occur in children under 15. By the time children are older than 15, the
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Feb 1, 2021 · Fatal coastal drowning risk factor reports using epidemiological data (n = 120) were most frequently identified by a higher proportion of cases (n = 98, 43.0%), followed by statistical analysis with a significant result (n = 14, 6.1%) and a reported incidence or prevalence rate (n = 8, 3.5%).
There are over 300,000 estimated annual drowning deaths worldwide. Global estimates may significantly underestimate the actual public health problem related to drowning. Children, males and individuals with increased access to water are most at risk of drowning.
