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Table 3 Number of Water Incident Database (WAID) recorded drowning cases by sex and 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 (category range)

Sex

Total cases (cases p/y)

0 to 2 years

Female

11 (4)

Male

27 (9)

Sex not recorded

1 (0)

3 to 5 years

Female

6 (2)

Male

19 (6)

Sex not recorded

1 (0)

6 to 12 years

Female

13 (2)

Male

21 (3)

Sex not recorded

0 (0)

13 to 18 years

Female

53 (9)

Male

184 (31)

Sex not recorded

19 (3)

19 to 35 years

Female

167 (10)

Male

949 (56)

Sex not recorded

22 (1)

36 to 60 years

Female

414 (17)

Male

1346 (54)

Sex not recorded

47 (2)

Over 60 years

Female

301 (NA)

Male

854 (NA)

Sex not recorded

26 (NA)

Age not recorded

Female

83 (NA)

Male

346 (NA)

Sex not recorded

208 (NA)

  1. NA Not applicable