Table 4 Fatal drowning in the Netherlands; comparison between 1998 and 2007 and 2008–2017 by migration background. The incidence of 2008–2017 is age-adjusted (Standard Mortality) based on the population 1998–2007 of the group with the same background. Additional information on Standard Mortality, Standard Mortality Ratio, Deviation Rate and 95% Confidence Interval by cause of drowning and migration background is available as Supplementary Table 4
From: Fatal drowning statistics from the Netherlands – an example of an aggregated demographic profile
1998–2007 | 2008–2017 | |
|---|---|---|
Standard Mortality (SM) | ||
Total drownings | ||
Native Dutch background | 1.55 | 1.25** |
Western background | 1.50 | 1.34 |
Non-western background | 1.99 | 1.54* |
Suicide by drowning | ||
Native Dutch background | 0.71 | 0.59** |
Western background | 0.65 | 0.56 |
Non-western background | 0.60 | 0.50** |
Accidental drowning | ||
Native Dutch background | 0.52 | 0.41** |
Western background | 0.57 | 0.52 |
Non-western background | 1.00 | 0.75** |
Transport accidents with drowning | ||
Native Dutch background | 0.26 | 0.22** |
Western background | 0.19 | 0.22 |
Non-western background | 0.28 | 0.21** |