Demographic characteristics of drowning victims based on death certificate data, ages 0–17 years, 1999–2003 (n=127)
| Number of deaths (%) | Rate per 100000 (95% CI) | Exact Poisson regression p value | |
| Overall drowning rate | 127 (100) | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.0) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 97 (76) | 2.5 (2.0 to 3.0) | p<0.05 |
| Female | 30 (24) | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.2) | Ref |
| Age groups | |||
| Age <1 | 5 (4) | 1.3 (0.4 to 2.9) | |
| Age 1–4 | 40 (31) | 2.5 (1.8 to 3.4) | p<0.05 |
| Age 5–9 | 17 (13) | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) | |
| Age 10–14 | 31 (24) | 1.4 (1.0 to 2.0) | Ref |
| Age 15–17 | 34 (27) | 2.6 (1.8 to 3.6) | p<0.05 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White, non-Hispanic | 85 (67) | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.9) | Ref |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 8 (6) | 2.2 (0.9 to 4.3) | |
| Native American, non-Hispanic | 5 (4) | 3.4 (1.1 to 7.9) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 16 (13) | 3.3 (1.9 to 5.4) | p<0.05 |
| Hispanic | 13 (10) | 1.4 (0.7 to 2.4) | |