Drowning mortality rates for the Western Cape, 2010–2016
| Age (years) | Number of fatal drowning incidents | Age-specific mortality rates (per 100 000 population) | Male:female ratio | P values* | ||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| 0–4 | 191 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.024 |
| 5–9 | 130 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 5.6 | <0.001 |
| 10–14 | 111 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.003 |
| 15–19 | 106 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 12.6 | <0.001 |
| 20–24 | 136 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 5.8 | <0.001 |
| 25–29 | 147 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 11.9 | <0.001 |
| 30–34 | 114 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 9.0 | <0.001 |
| 35–39 | 85 | 4.5 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0.001 |
| 40–44 | 75 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 14.0 | 0.001 |
| 45–49 | 57 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
| 50–54 | 69 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 0.010 |
| 55–59 | 50 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 5.3 | <0.001 |
| 60–64 | 40 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0.014 |
| 65–69 | 20 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 0.005 |
| 70–74 | 25 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 0.065 |
| 75–79 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.119 |
| 80+ | 9 | 4.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 0.032 |
| Age unknown | 20 | |||||
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Mortality rates
(per 100 000 population)† | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Children (0–19) | 538 | 5.7 (5.7–5.8) | 1.9 (1.8–1.9) | 3.8 (3.8–3.8) | 3.1 | <0.0001 |
| Adults (20+) | 838 | 5.2 (5.2–5.2) | 0.9 (0.9–0.9) | 3.0 (3.0–3.0) | 5.7 | <0.0001 |
| Total | 1391 | 5.3 (5.0–5.6) | 1.2 (1.1–1.3) | 3.2 (3.1–3.3) | 4.3 | <0.0001 |
*Male versus female mortality rates.
†Age standardised and sex adjusted. The 95% CI for drowning mortality rate is indicated in parentheses.