TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - QuickStats: Unintentional drowning* death rates(†) of children and adolescents aged 0-17 Years, by sex and age group - United States, 2020-2021
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Spencer, Merianne R.
A1  - Garnett, Matthew F.
SP  - e936
EP  - e936
VL  - 72
IS  - 34
N2  - 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<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7234a7
ID  - ref1
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