Citation

Spencer MR, Garnett MF. MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 2023; 72(34): e936.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, (in public domain), Publisher U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

DOI

10.15585/mmwr.mm7234a7

PMID

37616595

Abstract

During 2020-2021, the unintentional drowning death rate was 1.1 deaths per 100,000 population among children and adolescents aged 0-17 years. Rates were higher among males (1.5) than females (0.7). Among children aged <1 year, boys and girls had similar unintentional drowning death rates (1.0), whereas rates were higher for males than for females among those aged 1-4 (3.8 versus 2.1), 5-13 (0.7 versus 0.3), and 14-17 years (1.4 versus 0.2). Rates were highest among those aged 1-4 years among all children and adolescents and among all males and females compared with other age groups.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm

* Unintentional drowning deaths were identified using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision underlying cause-of-death codes W65-W74 (accidental drowning and submersion), V90 (accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion), and V92 (water-transport-related drowning and submersion without accident to watercraft).

† Crude deaths per 100,000 population

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