Table 4

Count and annual episode age specific and all age standardised rate per 100,000 by ICD Code 1997/8 – 2003/4


Age 0–14
 Age 15–59
 Age 60+
 All ages


n
 %
 n
 %
 n
 %
 n
 %
V90 Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion
7
 0.34
 42
 1.07
 7
 0.85
 56
 0.82

Rate
 0.01
0.02
0.01
0.02

95%Interval
 (0 – 0.04)
(0.01 – 0.04)
(0 – 0.03)
(0.01 – 0.03)
V91 Accident to watercraft causing other injury
22
 1.08
 206
 5.24
 19
 2.31
 247
 3.64

Rate
 0.04
0.12
0.03
0.09

95%Interval
 (0 – 0.08)
(0.08 – 0.15)
(0 – 0.07)
(0.06 – 0.11)
V92 Water-transport-related drowning/submersion without accident to watercraft
21
 1.03
 177
 4.50
 47
 5.71
 245
 3.61

Rate
 0.04
0.10
0.08
0.08

95%Interval
 (0 – 0.08)
(0.06 – 0.14)
(0.02 – 0.13)
(0.06- 0.11)
V93 Accident on board water craft without accident to watercraft not causing drowning or submersion
46
 2.26
 821
 20.87
 233
 28.31
 1100
 16.19

Rate
 0.08
0.46
0.38
0.37

95%Interval
 (0.02 – 0.14)
(0.38 – 0.54)
(0.26 – 0.5)
(0.31 – 0.42)
V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents
27
 1.33
 468
 11.90
 44
 5.35
 539
 7.93

Rate
 0.05
0.26
0.07
0.19

95%Interval
 (0 – 0.09)
(0.2 – 0.32)
(0.02 – 0.12)
(015 – 0.22)
W15 Fall from cliff
160
 7.85
 627
 15.94
 60
 7.29
 847
 12.47

Rate
 0.29
0.35
0.10
0.30

95%Interval
 (0.18 – 0.4)
(0.28 – 0.42)
(0.04 – 0.16)
(0.25 – 0.35)
W16 Diving/jumping into water cause injury other than drowning or submersion
331
 16.25
 844
 21.46
 81
 9.84
 1256
 18.49

Rate
 0.59
0.47
0.13
0.45

95%Interval
 (0.44 – 0.75)
(0.4 – 0.55)
(0.06 – 0.2)
(0.39 – 0.51)
W65 Drowning and submersion while in bath-tub
209
 10.26
 28
 0.71
 25
 3.04
 262
 3.86

Rate
 0.38
0.02
0.04
0.10

95%Interval
 (0.25 – 0.5)
(0 – 0.03)
(0 – 0.08)
(0.07 – 0.13)
W66 Drowning and submersion following fall into bath-tub
54
 2.65
 12
 0.31
 30
 3.65
 96
 1.41

Rate
 0.10
0.01
0.05
0.03

95%Interval
 (0.03 – 0.16)
(0 – 0.02)
(0.01 – 0.09)
(0.02- 0.05)
W67 Drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool
225
 11.05
 67
 1.70
 11
 1.34
 303
 4.46

Rate
 0.40
0.04
0.02
0.12

95%Interval
 (0.27 – 0.53)
(0.02 – 0.06)
(0 – 0.04)
(0.9 – 0.15)
W68 Drowning and submersion following fall into swimming-pool
105
 5.15
 24
 0.61
 8
 0.97
 137
 2.02

Rate
 0.19
0.01
0.01
0.05

95%Interval
 (0.1 – 0.28)
(0 – 0.03)
(0 – 0.04)
(0.03 – 0.07)
W69 Drowning and submersion while in natural water
82
 4.03
 146
 3.71
 38
 4.62
 266
 3.92

Rate
 0.15
0.08
0.06
0.09

95%Interval
 (0.07 – 0.23)
(0.05 – 0.11)
(0.01 – 0.11)
(0.07 – 0.12)
W70 Drowning and submersion following fall into natural water
133
 6.53
 101
 2.57
 54
 6.56
 288
 4.24

Rate
 0.24
0.06
0.09
0.10

95%Interval
 (0.14 – 0.34)
(0.03 – 0.08)
(0.03 – 0.15)
(0.07 – 0.13)
W73 Other specified drowning and submersion
118
 5.79
 28
 0.71
 8
 0.97
 154
 2.27

Rate
 0.21
0.02
0.01
0.06

95%Interval
 (0.12 – 0.31)
(0 – 0.03)
(0 – 0.04)
(0.04 – 0.08)
W74 Unspecified drowning and submersion
402
 19.73
 279
 7.09
 96
 11.66
 777
 11.44

Rate
 0.72
0.16
0.16
0.28

95%Interval
 (0.55 – 0.9)
(0.11 – 0.2)
(0.08 – 0.23)
(0.23 – 0.33)
X38 Victim of flood
71
 3.49
 16
 0.41
 40
 4.86
 127
 1.87

Rate
 0.13
0.01
0.07
0.04

95%Interval
 (0.05 – 0.2)
(0 – 0.02)
(0.02 – 0.11)
(0.03 – 0.06)
X92 Assault by drowning and submersion
9
 0.44
 23
 0.58
 34
 4.13
 66
 0.97

Rate
 0.02
0.01
0.06
0.02

95%Interval
 (0 – 0.04)
(0 – 0.03)
(0.01 – 0.1)
(0.01 – 0.03)
Y21 Drowning and submersion undetermined intent
15
 0.74
 24
 0.61
 22
 2.67
 61
 0.90

Rate
 0.03
0.01
0.04
0.02

95%Interval
 (0 – 0.06)
(0 – 0.03)
(0 – 0.07)
(0.01 – 0.03)
Total
2037
 100.0
 3933
 100.0
 823
 100.0
 6793
 100.0

Rate
 3.66
2.21
1.34
2.39

95%Interval
 (3.27 – 4.05)
(2.04 – 2.38)
(1.12 – 1.57)
(2.25 – 2.53)

Henderson and Wilson BMC Public Health 2006 6:210   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-210