Patient demographics and drowning event timing, stratified by care setting and fatality: Maryland (2016–2019)
| All* | Non-fatal (outpatient) | Non-fatal (inpatient) | Fatal (outpatient and inpatient) | P value | ||
| n=541 | n=483 | n=42 | n=16 | |||
| Age group | 0–4 years | 281 (52%) | 257 (53%) | 15 (36%) | 9 (56%) | 0.081 |
| 5–9 years | 127 (24%) | 115 (24%) | 10 (24%) | 2 (13%) | ||
| 10–19 years | 133 (25%) | 111 (23%) | 17 (41%) | 5 (31%) | ||
| Sex | Male | 319 (59%) | 280 (58%) | 26 (62%) | 13 (81%) | 0.16 |
| Female | 222 (41%) | 203 (42%) | 16 (38%) | 3 (19%) | ||
| Race | White | 292 (54%) | 266 (55%) | 22 (52%) | 4 (25%) | 0.33 |
| African American or black | 165 (31%) | 145 (30%) | 12 (29%) | 8 (50%) | ||
| Asian | 10 (2%) | 9 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| AI or Alaska Native | 5 (1%) | 5 (1.0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Other/unknown | 50 (9%) | 41 (9%) | 5 (12%) | 4 (25%) | ||
| Two or more races | 19 (4%) | 17 (4%) | 2 (5%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Compressed race | White | 292 (54%) | 266 (55%) | 22 (52%) | 4 (25%) | 0.058 |
| Non-white | 249 (46%) | 217 (45%) | 20 (48%) | 12 (75%) | ||
| Ethnicity | Spanish/Hispanic origin | 49 (9%) | 42 (9%) | 3 (7%) | 4 (25%) | 0.21 |
| Not Spanish/Hispanic origin | 471 (87%) | 422 (87%) | 38 (91%) | 11 (69%) | ||
| Declined or unknown | 21 (4%) | 19 (4%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (6%) | ||
| County | Urban | 449 (83%) | 400 (83%) | 36 (86%) | 13 (81%) | 0.93 |
| Rural | 16 (3%) | 14 (3%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (6%) | ||
| Other/unknown | 76 (14%) | 69 (14%) | 5 (12%) | 2 (13%) | ||
| Payer 1 category | Public | 220 (41%) | 194 (40%) | 19 (45%) | 7 (44%) | 0.26 |
| Commercial | 239 (44%) | 216 (45%) | 19 (45%) | 4 (25%) | ||
| Other/self/charity | 82 (15%) | 73 (15%) | 4 (10%) | 5 (31%) | ||
| Year | 2016 | 140 (26%) | 122 (25%) | 15 (36%) | 3 (19%) | 0.47 |
| 2017 | 152 (28%) | 136 (28%) | 12 (29%) | 4 (25%) | ||
| 2018 | 135 (25%) | 120 (25%) | 11 (26%) | 4 (25%) | ||
| 2019 | 114 (21%) | 105 (22%) | 4 (10%) | 5 (31%) | ||
| Quarter | January–March | 32 (6%) | 28 (6%) | 3 (7%) | 1 (6%) | 0.28 |
| April–June | 221 (41%) | 198 (41%) | 13 (31%) | 10 (63%) | ||
| July–September | 270 (50%) | 239 (50%) | 26 (62%) | 5 (31%) | ||
| October–December | 18 (3%) | 18 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | ||
*Data represented as n (%).
AI, American Indian