PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Morgan, D AU - Ozanne-Smith, J AU - Triggs, T TI - Descriptive epidemiology of drowning deaths in a surf beach swimmer and surfer population AID - 10.1136/ip.2006.013508 DP - 2008 Feb 01 TA - Injury Prevention PG - 62--65 VI - 14 IP - 1 4099 - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/14/1/62.short 4100 - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/14/1/62.full SO - Inj Prev2008 Feb 01; 14 AB - Retrospective data extraction from two complementary mortality datasets determined the descriptive epidemiology and population rates in unintentional drowning deaths at surf beaches (nā€Š=ā€Š129). The annual average crude surf beach drowning rate was 0.28 per 100ā€‰000 population for males and 2.36 per 100ā€‰000 population for international tourists. The study generated hypotheses for risk assessment to assist intervention: adult males, international tourists, people with cardiovascular conditions, and exposure to rip currents.