Table 6. Water and sand exposures reported among beachgoers, stratified by ethno-racial identity, Woodbine Beach, Toronto, 2022.
| Exposure | N (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab (N = 47) | Black (N = 33) | East Asian (N = 41) | Indigenous (N = 10) | Latin (N = 34) | Multiple ethnicities (N = 31) | South Asian (N = 61) | Southeast Asian (N = 48) | White (N = 411) | |
| Water contact | 31 (66.0) | 14 (42.4) | 17 (41.5) | 3 (30.0) | 14 (41.2) | 23 (74.2) | 33 (54.1) | 22 (45.8) | 238 (57.9) |
| Swimming | 26 (55.3) | 12 (36.4) | 11 (26.8) | 3 (30.0) | 13 (38.2) | 12 (38.7) | 23 (37.7) | 21 (43.8) | 191 (46.5) |
| Wading (below one’s waist) | 13 (27.7) | 5 (15.2) | 7 (17.1) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (8.8) | 12 (38.7) | 23 (37.7) | 12 (25.0) | 120 (29.2) |
| Face contact with water | 14 (29.8) | 6 (18.2) | 6 (14.6) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (14.7) | 7 (22.6) | 12 (19.7) | 5 (10.4) | 99 (24.1) |
| Swallowing water | 6 (12.8) | 4 (12.1) | 5 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (11.8) | 2 (6.5) | 12 (19.7) | 4 (8.3) | 49 (11.9) |
| Sand contacta | 26 (55.3) | 17 (51.5) | 26 (63.4) | 6 (60.0) | 22 (64.7) | 23 (74.2) | 31 (50.8) | 26 (54.2) | 227 (55.2) |
| Digging in the sand | 18 (38.3) | 16 (48.5) | 23 (56.1) | 6 (60.0) | 20 (58.8) | 20 (64.5) | 26 (42.6) | 21 (43.8) | 195 (47.4) |
| Burying oneself in the sand | 12 (25.5) | 1 (3.0) | 7 (17.1) | 2 (20.0) | 8 (23.5) | 5 (16.1) | 11 (18.0) | 7 (14.6) | 75 (18.2) |
| Sand in mouth | 5 (19.2) | 1 (5.9) | 4 (14.8) | 1 (16.7) | 7 (31.8) | 9 (39.1) | 7 (21.2) | 7 (25.0) | 58 (24.3) |
a We defined sand contact as digging in the sand or burying oneself in the sand.