Pattern of intentional drowning mortality: a total population retrospective cohort study in Australia, 2006–2014

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Number and crude mortality rate of drowning deaths by category, Australia by year and overall, 2006–2014

Year	Intentional drowning		Unintentional drowning		Water-transport related drowning		Undetermined intent drowning		All drowning deaths
Year	Number of deaths	Mortality rate (per 100,000)^a	Number of deaths	Mortality rate (per 100,000)^a	Number of deaths	Mortality rate (per 100,000)^a	Number of deaths	Mortality rate (per 100,000)^a	Number of deaths	Mortality rate (per 100,000)^a
2006	46	0.22	209	1.02	27	0.13	16	0.08	298	1.46
2007	47	0.23	191	0.92	23	0.11	25	0.12	286	1.37
2008	48	0.23	184	0.87	20	0.09	32	0.15	284	1.34
2009	54	0.25	201	0.93	37	0.17	21	0.10	313	1.44
2010	46	0.21	221	1.00	34	0.15	21	0.10	322	1.46
2011	48	0.21	167	0.75	90	0.40	17	0.08	322	1.44
2012	50	0.22	194	0.85	49	0.22	8	0.04	301	1.32
2013	58	0.25	212	0.92	44	0.19	11	0.05	325	1.40
2014	53	0.23	186	0.79	18	0.08	22	0.09	279	1.19
Total	450	0.23^b	1765	0.89^b	342	0.17^b	173	0.09^b	2730	1.38^b

Data Source: ABS Cause of Death Unit Record File 2006–2014
^aThe population of Australia used as the denominators in calculating the rates were derived from ABS data [21]
^bThe crude mortality rate for the period of 2006–2014 (per 100,000)

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