Table of contents
- Contents
- Executive summary
- Total drownings
- Deaths
- Hospitalisations
- Identifying cases with potential for severe or persisting consequences of drowning resulting in hospitalisation
- Specific types of drowning
- Natural bodies of water
- Swimming pools
- Bathtubs
- Watercraft
- Self-harm
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Case selection criteria
- 1.2 New definition of drowning
- 2 Total drownings
- 2.1 Age and sex
- 2.2 Trends over time
- 2.3 State or territory of residence
- 2.4 Remoteness of residence
- 2.5 Associated factors
- 2.6 Month of drowning
- 2.7 Length of stay in hospital
- 2.8 Activity at time of injury
- 2.9 Severe or persisting consequences of drowning events in hospitalised patients
- 2.9.1 Defining severe or persisting consequences of near-drowning event
- 2.9.2 Identifying cases with potential for severe or persisting consequences of drowning
- 2.9.3 Overview
- 2.9.4 Occurrence of cases with potentially severe or persisting consequences of drowning .
- 2.9.5 Hospitalisations having anoxic brain injury, ventilatory support or airway management
- 2.9.6 Hospitalisations requiring ventilatory support
- 2.10 Types of drowning
- 2.10.1 Other transport-related drowning
- 2.10.2 Assault by drowning
- 2.10.3 Residual drownings and submersions
- 2.11 Literature
- 3 Unintentional drowning
- 3.1 Drowning in a natural body of water
- 3.1.1 Age and sex
- 3.1.2 Trends over time
- 3.1.3 Remoteness of residence
- 3.1.4 Associated factors
- 3.1.5 Month of drowning
- 3.1.6 Length of stay in hospital
- 3.1.7 Literature
- 3.2 Swimming pool drownings
- 3.2.1 Age and sex
- 3.2.2 Trends over time
- 3.2.3 Remoteness of residence
- 3.2.4 Associated factors
- 3.2.5 Month of drowning
- 3.2.6 Length of stay in hospital
- 3.2.7 Coronial data
- 3.2.8 Literature
- 3.3 Bathtub drownings
- 3.3.1 Age and sex
- 3.3.2 Trends over time
- 3.3.3 Remoteness of residence
- 3.3.4 Associated factors
- 3.3.5 Length of stay in hospital
- 3.3.6 Coronial data
- 3.3.7 Literature
- 3.4 Watercraft drownings
- 3.4.1 Age and sex
- 3.4.2 Trends over time
- 3.4.3 Remoteness of residence
- 3.4.4 Associated factors
- 3.4.5 Length of stay in hospital
- 3.4.6 Literature
- 3.1 Drowning in a natural body of water
- 4 Intentional drowning
- 4.1 Self-harm by drowning
- 4.1.1 Age and sex
- 4.1.2 Trends over time
- 4.1.3 Remoteness of residence
- 4.1.4 Associated factors
- 4.1.5 Drowning by month
- 4.1.6 Length of stay in hospital
- 4.1.7 Literature
- 4.1 Self-harm by drowning
- 5 Discussion
- Appendix 1 Data issues
- Mortality data
- Data sources
- Selection criteria
- Multiple causes of death
- Ascertainment of cases: year of death
- Years of potential life lost
- Age adjustment
- Confidence intervals
- Trend analysis
- Data quality
- Associated factors
- Remoteness of residence
- Hospitalisations data
- Data sources
- Selection criteria
- Confidence intervals
- Age adjustment
- Errors, inconsistencies and uncertainties
- Remoteness of residence
- Coronial data
- Mortality data
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures