TABLE 2.

Pediatric Drowning Hospitalizations by Circumstances and Age (Rates per 100 000, 95% Confidence Interval)

	1998–1999	2007–2008
Swimming/diving (E910.2-3)
Overall	0.5 (0.5–0.6)	0.4 (0.3–0.5)*
0–4 y	0.6 (0.4–0.7)	0.5 (0.3–0.6)
5–9 y	0.6 (0.5–0.8)	0.4 (0.3–0.6)
10–14 y	0.6 (0.4–0.8)	0.3 (0.2–0.4)*
15–19 y	0.4 (0.3–0.5)	0.3 (0.2–0.4)
Bathtub (E910.4)
Overall	0.4 (0.3–0.5)	0.3 (0.2–0.3)*
0–4 y	1.4 (1.1–1.8)	0.8 (0.6–1.0)*
5–9 y	—a	—a
10–14 y	—a	—a
15–19 y	—a	—a
Other Drowning (E910.0,1,8,9)
Overall	2.4 (1.9–2.9)	1.4 (1.0–1.7)*
0–4 y	6.6 (5.2–8.1)	3.6 (2.8–4.5)*
5–9 y	1.6 (1.2–2.0)	1.3 (0.9–1.6)
10–14 y	0.9 (0.7–1.2)	0.5 (0.3–0.7)*
15–19 y	0.6 (0.5–0.8)	0.3 (0.2–0.4)*
Other E-code (not E910)
Overall	0.2 (0.1–0.2)	0.1 (0.1–0.1)
0–4 y	0.4 (0.2–0.6)	0.2 (0.1–0.3)
5–9 y	—a	—a
10–14 y	0.1 (0.1–0.2)	0.1 (0.0–0.1)
15–19 y	0.1 (0.0–0.2)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)
Missing E-code
Overall	0.5 (0.3–0.6)	0.2 (0.3–0.3)*
0–4 y	1.1 (0.8–1.4)	1.0 (0.5–1.5)
5–9 y	0.3 (0.1–0.4)	0.3 (0.1–0.5)
10–14 y	0.3 (0.1–0.4)	0.1 (0.0–0.2)
15–19 y	0.3 (0.2–0.4)	0.1 (0.0–0.1)*

^aRates unstable (<0.1/100 000).

*P < .05