TY - JOUR T1 - Descriptive epidemiology of drowning deaths in a surf beach swimmer and surfer population JF - Injury Prevention JO - Inj Prev SP - 62 LP - 65 DO - 10.1136/ip.2006.013508 VL - 14 IS - 1 AU - D Morgan AU - J Ozanne-Smith AU - T Triggs Y1 - 2008/02/01 UR - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/14/1/62.abstract N2 - 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. ER -