Table 2 Location and type of water body involved in drowning of children under 5 years old in 334 districts in China, n(%)
From: Social and environmental risk factors for the accidental drowning of children under five in China
Variable | Age, year | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0~ | 1~ | 2~ | 3~ | 4~ | ||
Location of drowning | ||||||
Ponds, canals, rivers, wells | 10 (47.6) | 164 (80.0) | 148 (81.8) | 83 (83.8) | 50 (87.7) | 455 (80.8) |
Home | 9 (42.9) | 29 (14.2) | 14 (7.7) | 13 (13.1) | 3 (5.3) | 68 (12.1) |
Farm (excluding home) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.5) | 5 (2.8) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.8) | 10 (1.8) |
Factory or construction site | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.7) |
School (including kindergarten) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
Sport place | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (0.2) |
Traffic place (such as station/ferry/pier) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) |
Other | 0 (0.0) | 7 (3.4) | 9 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.5) | 18 (3.2) |
Not Answered | 1 (4.8) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.5) |
Unknown | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) |
Total | 21 (100.0) | 205 (100.0) | 181 (100.0) | 99 (100.0) | 57 (100.0) | 563 (100.0) |
Type of water body | ||||||
Ditch | 6 (28.6) | 66 (32.2) | 44 (24.3) | 31 (31.3) | 11 (19.3) | 158 (28.1) |
Pool (fishpond) | 4 (19.1) | 56 (27.3) | 42 (23.2) | 25 (25.3) | 15 (26.3) | 142 (25.2) |
River /lake/sea | 2 (9.5) | 12 (5.9) | 34 (18.8) | 18 (18.2) | 18 (31.6) | 84 (14.9) |
Reservoir | 0 (0.0) | 15 (7.3) | 18 (9.9) | 9 (9.1) | 7 (12.3) | 49 (8.7) |
Well | 0 (0.0) | 6 (2.9) | 13 (7.2) | 5 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (4.3) |
Water tank/bucket | 3 (14.3) | 13 (6.3) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (3.2) |
Open cesspool | 2 (9.5) | 4 (2.0) | 5 (2.8) | 3 (3.0) | 2 (3.5) | 16 (2.8) |
Bathtub | 1 (4.8) | 4 (2.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.1) |
Swimming pool | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) | 1 (0.2) |
Other (such as washing machine and boilers) | 1 (4.8) | 21 (10.2) | 21 (11.6) | 7 (7.1) | 3 (5.3) | 53 (9.4) |
Not Answered | 2 (9.5) | 7 (3.4) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (1.8) |
Unknown | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) |
Total | 21 (100.0) | 205 (100.0) | 181 (100.0) | 99 (100.0) | 57 (100.0) | 563 (100.0) |