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Table 3 Count and percentage of episodes by gender and ICD Classification, 1997/8 – 2003/4

From: Water incident related hospital activity across England between 1997/8 and 2003/4: a retrospective descriptive study

 

Males

%

Females

%

V90 Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion

46

81.8

10

18.2

V91 Accident to watercraft causing other injury

195

78.9

52

21.1

V92 Water-transport-related drowning/submersion without accident to watercraft

185

75.5

60

24.5

V93 Accident on board water craft without accident to watercraft not causing drowning or submersion

796

72.4

304

27.6

V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents

410

76.1

129

23.9

W15 Fall from cliff

697

82.3

150

17.7

W16 Diving/jumping into water cause injury other than drowning or submersion

939

74.8

317

25.2

W65 Drowning and submersion while in bath-tub

141

53.9

121

46.1

W66 Drowning and submersion following fall into bath-tub

55

57.8

41

42.2

W67 Drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool

214

70.5

89

29.5

W68 Drowning and submersion following fall into swimming-pool

98

71.2

39

28.8

W69 Drowning and submersion while in natural water

223

83.7

43

16.3

W70 Drowning and submersion following fall into natural water

208

72.1

80

27.9

W73 Other specified drowning and submersion

118

76.9

36

23.1

W74 Unspecified drowning and submersion

556

71.5

221

28.5

X92 Assault by drowning and submersion

67

53

60

47

X38 Victim of flood

36

54.3

30

45.7

Y21 Drowning and submersion undetermined intent

48

78.7

13

21.3

Total

5006

73.7

1787

26.3