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
  • 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
  • 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
  • References
  • List of tables
  • List of figures