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Table 2 Basic information on PDVs and rescuers in 225 rescue incidents, n (%)

From: Mortality among drowning rescuers in China, 2013: a review of 225 rescue incidents from the press

 

PDVs

Rescuers

Chi-Square

p-value

Total

271

416

  

Average number of persons per incident

1.2

1.9

59.9

<0.01

Gender

 Male

139(55.4)

373(91.0)

113.0

<0.01

 Female

112(44.6)

37(9.0)

 Total

251

410

Being an adult

 Yes

141(54.2)

337(81.6)

58.1

<0.01

 No

119(45.8)

76(18.4)

 Total

260

413

Being a swimmer

 Yes

18(8.1)

251(79.9)

269.4

<0.01

 No

205(91.9)

63(20.1)

 Total

223

314

Being a survivor

 Yes

239(88.5)

359(86.7)

0.5

0.49

 No

31(11.5)

55(13.3)

 Total

270

414

  1. The inconsistencies among the total frequencies of certain variables were caused by missing data