Men | Women | |||||||||
Age group | Rate per 100000 population* | Rate per 100000 exposed via being in or on the water† | Rate per 100000 exposed via swimming, fishing or rock fishing‡ | Rate per 100000 exposed via swimming§ | Rate per 1000 h swimming¶ | Rate per 100000 population* | Rate per 100000 exposed via being in or on the water† | Rate per 100000 exposed via swimming, fishing or rock fishing‡ | Rate per 100000 exposed via swimming§ | Rate per 1000 h swimming¶ |
Mortality** | ||||||||||
16–24 | 0.7 (0.5 to 1.2) | 1.6 (0.3 to 4.7) | 3.9 (0.8 to 11.5) | 4.9 (1.0 to 14.2) | 3.5 (0.7 to 10.2) | – | – | – | – | – |
25–34 | 2.3 (1.9 to 2.9) | 6.2 (3.1 to 11.2) | 19.7 (9.8 to 35.2) | 25.6 (12.8 to 45.8) | 20.6 (10.3 to 36.8) | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.5) | 0.6 (0 to 3.2) | 2.0 (0 to 11.0) | 2.6 (0.1 to 14.6) | 1.2 (0 to 6.6) |
35–44 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) | 2.7 (1.0 to 5.8) | 7.4 (2.7 to 16.0) | 10.1 (3.7 to 22.0) | 7.5 (2.8 to 16.4) | – | – | – | – | – |
45–54 | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.2) | 4.7 (2.0 to 9.3) | 18.4 (7.9 to 36.2) | 29.1 (12.5 to 57.3) | 8.1 (3.5 to 16.0) | 0.2 (0.2 to 0.5) | 0.8 (0 to 4.3) | 3.8 (1.0 to 21.1) | 5.6 (0.1 to 31.1) | 1.5 (0 to 8.2) |
55–64 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) | 3.5 (1.0 to 9.0) | 14.8 (4.0 to 37.9) | 28.5 (7.8 to 73.0) | 6.5 (1.8 to 16.6) | – | – | – | – | – |
65+ | 1.9 (1.7 to 2.4) | 9.5 (4.1 to 18.8) | 58.1 (25.1 to 114.5) | 98.0 (42.3 to 193.1) | 12.4 (5.4 to 24.5) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) | 7.1 (2.3 to 16.6) | 86.6 (28.1 to 202.2) | 159.8 (51.9 to 373.0) | 7.9 (2.6 to 18.5) |
Total | 1.5 (1.4 to 1.7) | 4.2 (3.0 to 5.7) | 14.0 (10.0 to 19.1) | 19.2 (13.7 to 26.1) | 9.0 (6.4 to 12.3) | 0.2 (0.2 to 0.3) | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.7) | 3.6 (1.5 to 7.5) | 4.5 (1.8 to 9.2) | 1.4 (0.6 to 2.9) |
Hospitalised morbidity | ||||||||||
16–24 | 4.5 (3.9 to 5.3) | 10.1 (6.1 to 15.8) | 24.9 (15.0 to 38.8) | 30.9 (18.9 to 48.2) | 22.1 (13.3 to 34.6) | 0.5 (0.4 to 0.9) | 1.2 (0.1 to 4.2) | 3.1 (0.4 to 11.2) | 3.7 (0.4 to 13.3) | 2.1 (0.3 to 7.5) |
25–34 | 1.5 (1.2 to 2.0) | 4.0 (1.6 to 8.2) | 12.5 (5.0 to 25.8) | 16.3 (6.5 to 33.6) | 13.1 (5.3 to 27.0) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.8) | 1.1 (0.1 to 4.1) | 4.0 (0.5 to 14.3) | 5.2 (0.6 to 18.9) | 2.4 (0.3 to 8.5) |
35–44 | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.4) | 2.2 (0.7 to 5.2) | 6.1 (2.0 to 14.3) | 8.4 (2.7 to 19.7) | 6.3 (2.0 to 14.6) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.7) | 1.1 (0.1 to 4.1) | 4.0 (0.5 to 14.3) | 5.3 (0.6 to 19.2) | 1.9 (0.2 to 6.9) |
45–54 | 2.6 (2.2 to 3.2) | 7.1 (3.7 to 12.4) | 27.6 (14.3 to 48.2) | 43.6 (22.5 to 76.2) | 12.2 (6.3 to 21.3) | 0.6 (0.5 to 1.0) | 2.3 (0.5 to 6.7) | 11.4 (2.3 to 33.2) | 16.7 (3.5 to 48.9) | 4.4 (0.9 to 12.8) |
55–64 | 1.3 (1.0 to 1.9) | 4.4 (1.4 to 10.3) | 18.5 (6.0 to 43.1) | 35.6 (11.6 to 83.1) | 8.1 (2.6 to 18.9) | 0.6 (0.5 to 1.0) | 2.2 (0.3 to 8.0) | 12.5 (1.5 to 45.2) | 18.6 (2.3 to 67.2) | 2.3 (0.3 to 8.4) |
65+ | 1.4 (1.2 to 1.8) | 7.1 (2.6 to 15.6) | 43.6 (16.0 to 94.9) | 73.5 (27.0 to 160.0) | 9.3 (3.4 to 20.3) | 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) | 7.1 (2.3 to 16.6) | 86.6 (28.1 to 202.2) | 159.8 (51.9 to 373.0) | 7.9 (2.6 to 18.5) |
Total | 2.1 (1.9 to 2.3) | 5.6 (4.2 to 7.3) | 18.9 (14.2 to 24.7) | 25.9 (19.5 to 33.8) | 12.2 (9.1 to 15.9) | 0.6 (0.5 to 0.7) | 1.9 (1.1 to 3.1) | 8.3 (4.7 to 13.4) | 10.2 (5.8 to 16.5) | 3.2 (1.8 to 5.2) |
Results expressed as rate (95% CI).
Source: NSW Admitted Patient Data Collection and NSW Population Health Survey (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health.
↵* Age adjusted rate per 100 000 population.
↵† Crude rate per 100 000 population who reported ‘being in or on water, at a swimming pool, beach, lake, river, creek or stream or dam in the last 4 weeks’, based on responses from the NSW Population Health Survey, 2005.
↵‡ Crude rate per 100 000 population who reported ‘swimming, fishing or rock fishing in the last 4 weeks’, based on responses from the NSW Population Health Survey, 2005.
↵§ Crude rate per 100 000 population who reported ‘swimming in the last 4 weeks’, based on responses from the NSW Population Health Survey, 2005.
↵¶ Person-time risk calculated per 1000 h reported swimming in the last 4 weeks, based on responses from the NSW Population Health Survey, 2005.
↵** Rate not calculated as there were no deaths.