TABLE 3—

US Swimming Pool Drowning Rates Among Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics, by Age and Gender: 1995–1998 (Rates/100 000 Population)

	Whitea	Blacka	Rate Ratio (95% CI)	Hispanic	Rate Ratio (95% CI)
Women and girls
Age, y
5–9	0.13	0.66	5.1 (3.2, 8.2)	0.11	0.8 (0.4, 2.0)
10–14	0.11	0.27	2.5 (1.3, 4.8)	.04	0.4 (0.1, 1.6)
15–19	0.04	0.18	4.5 (1.9, 10.7)	.06	1.5 (0.4, 5.5)
20–24	0.03	0.02	0.6 (0.1, 4.6)	.06	1.8 (0.5, 6.9)
Men and boys
Age, y
5–9	0.25	1.36	5.5 (4.0, 7.6)	0.36	1.5 (0.9, 2.4)
10–14	0.12	1.08	8.9 (5.8, 13.6)	0.23	1.9 (1.0, 3.7)
15–19	0.11	1.39	12.1 (8.0, 18.5)	0.26	2.3 (1.2, 4.3)
20–24	0.07	0.63	8.4 (4.7, 15.1)	0.39	5.2 (2.7, 9.8)

Note. CI = confidence interval. Rate ratios were based on a comparison with White victims.

^aDoes not include Hispanics (Black non-Hispanic and White non-Hispanic).