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Table 7 Alcohol, drugs, medical conditions, lifejacket wear, multiple fatality event, Australia, Canada and New Zealand

From: Exploring the burden of fatal drowning and data characteristics in three high income countries: Australia, Canada and New Zealand

 

Australia

Canada

New Zealand

X2 (p value)

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Total

2792

34.1

4572

55.9

812

9.9

118.349 (p < 0.001)

Alcohol involvement

 Yes

719

25.8

1647

69.0

133

16.4

106.674 (p < 0.001)

 No

1203

43.1

2465

21.0

551

67.9

 Unknown

729

26.1

460

10.1

128

15.8

–

Drug involvement

 Yes

755

27.0

1117

24.4

18

2.2

350.481 (p < 0.001)

 No

1060

38.0

2397

52.4

666

82.0

 Unknown

729

26.1

1058

23.1

128

15.8

–

Medical condition (pre-existing, chronic)

 Yes

1039

37.2

1698

37.1

153

18.8

304.496 (p < 0.001)

 No

739

26.5

2694

58.9

492

60.6

 Unknown

853

30.6

180

3.9

167

20.6

–

Lifejacket wear (n = 2039) #

 Yes

42

9.4

210

15.8

51

19.1

2.099 (p = 0.350)

 No

155

34.8

894

67.4

171

64.0

 Unknown

249

55.8

222

16.7

45

16.9

–

Multiple Fatality Event

 Yes

254

9.1

717

15.7

90

11.1

67.703 (p < 0.001)

 No

2528

90.5

3854

84.3

701

86.3

 Unknown

10

0.4

1

0.0

21

2.6

–

  1. #Boating only, excludes lifejackets worn in association with rock fishing and other activities where lifejackets are not applicable