Overall drowning mortality estimates
| Data source | Time period | Drowning related ICD-10 codes (range) | Total all-cause deaths | Total drowning deaths | Drowning fraction | Total population (annual average) | Annual average drowning mortality rate/ 100 000 persons | ||
| % | 95% CI | Rate | 95% CI | ||||||
| Population-based data (combined)* | – | V90–Y21 | 29 794 | 240 | 0.72 | 0.55 to 0.88 | 1 012 926 | 5.1 | 3.8 to 6.3 |
| – | W65–W74 | 29 651 | 200 | 0.60 | 0.46 to 0.73 | 1 012 926 | 4.3 | 3.3 to 5.4 | |
| Hospital-based data (combined)† | – | – | 6229 | 56 | 0.94 | 0.09 to 1.78 | – | – | – |
| WHO GHE global database | 2015 | W65–W74 | 415 122 | 3454 | 0.83 | – | 53 470 000 | 6.5 | – |
| GBD global database | 2016 | W65–W74 | 388 912 | 2486 | 0.64 | 0.55 to 0.76 | 54 043 478 | 4.6 | 3.7 to 5.6 |
| Data source | Time period | Drowing related ICD-10 codes (range) | Total all-cause deaths |
Total
drowning deaths | Drowning fraction | Total population (annual average) | Annual average number ofall-cause deaths | ||
| % | 95% CI | ||||||||
| SUMATRA data source | 2006–2016 | – | 797 | – | – | – | 72 | ||
| EM–DAT global database | 2000–2016 | – | 911 | – | – | – | 54 | ||
Bold values highlight % or rates.
*Drowning fraction: Ifakara HDSS, Rufiji HDSS, SAVVY survey, Kamugisha et al, 200711, Kaatano et al, 200912; Annual average drowning mortality rate: Ifakara HDSS, Rufiji HDSS, SAVVY survey.
†Murray et al, 201113, Peck et a l, 2013, Boniface et al, 201315.
EM-DAT, Emergency Events Database; GBD, Global Burden of Disease; HDSS, Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases 10th revision; SAVVY, Sample Vital registration with Verbal autopsy; SUMATRA, Ministry of Transport Surface and Marine Regulatory Authority; WHO GHE, WHO Global Health Estimates.