Table 2

Completeness of key variables for drowning cases by source in 60 districts, January 2016–June 2018, Uganda*

	Fatal drowning										Non-fatal drowning								Total drowning cases (n=1435)†
	Total fatal (n=1292)		District police (n=405)		Marine police (n=332)		Fire/rescue brigade (n=165)		Mortuary (n=390)		Total non-fatal (n=127)		District police (n=8)		Marine police (n=56)		Fire/rescue brigade (n=63)		Total drowning cases (n=1435)†
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	5	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age	952	74	276	68	200	60	125	76	351	90	85	67	8	100	30	54	47	75	1042	73
Exact age known	722	56	231	57	163	49	88	53	240	62	63	50	8	100	24	43	31	49	785	55
Adult/child known‡	230	18	45	11	37	11	37	22	111	28	22	17			6	11	16	25	257	18
Sex	1155	89	381	94	287	86	108	65	379	97	111	87	8	100	52	93	51	81	1267	88
Type of water body	985	76	357	88	308	93	148	90	172	44	116	91	8	100	46	82	62	98	1113	78
Activity	344	27	130	32	156	47	13	8	45	12	55	43	4	50	38	68	13	21	402	28
Date of incident	1186	92	395	98	322	97	134	81	335	86	111	87	8	100	56	100	47	75	1310	91
Exact date known	908	70	356	88	273	82	34	21	245	63	65	51	8	100	40	71	17	27	975	68
Date estimated	278	22	39	10	49	15	100	61	90	23	46	36			16	29	30	48	335	23

*Some drowning cases were recorded in more than one source. This table shows all drowning cases that were collected from each source. These totals include 1041 unique cases and 251 duplicate cases (representing 119 unique individuals).
†Includes 16 cases for which survival status (fatal or non-fatal) could not be determined.
‡When exact age was unknown, a person who appeared to be 18 years of age or older was recorded as an adult; conversely, a person who appeared to be below the age of 18 was recorded as a child.