RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Descriptive epidemiology of drowning deaths in a surf beach swimmer and surfer population
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 62
OP 65
DO 10.1136/ip.2006.013508
VO 14
IS 1
A1 Morgan, D
A1 Ozanne-Smith, J
A1 Triggs, T
YR 2008
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/14/1/62.abstract
AB Retrospective data extraction from two complementary mortality datasets determined the descriptive epidemiology and population rates in unintentional drowning deaths at surf beaches (n = 129). The annual average crude surf beach drowning rate was 0.28 per 100 000 population for males and 2.36 per 100 000 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.