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Table 2 Number of Water Incident Database (WAID) recorded drowning cases by age category; n = 5051 (cases p/y)

From: The water incident database (WAID) 2012 to 2019: a systematic evaluation of the documenting of UK drownings

Age category

0 to 2 yrs

3 to 5

yrs

6 to

12 yrs

13 to 18 yrs

19 to 35 yrs

36 to 60 yrs

Over 60 yrs

Not reco-rded

Total cases

(cases p/y)

39 (13)

26 (9)

34 (5)

189 (32)

1138 (67)

1807 (72)

1181(NA)

637 (NA)

  1. WAID age category
  2. NA Not applicable