Table 4.
Presence of alcohol in individuals in relation to manner of death, sex, and age among drowning deaths in Sweden (1992–2009)
| |
Unintentional |
Intentional |
Undetermined |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicide | Homicide | |||||||
|
Sex |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
| Males |
881/1916 |
(46) |
158/647 |
(24) |
4/10 |
(40) |
248/468 |
(53) |
| Females |
116/339 |
(34) |
175/753 |
(23) |
3/9 |
(33) |
77/235 |
(33) |
|
Age groups (years) |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
| 0-9 |
2/52 |
(4) |
0 |
(0) |
0/2 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
| 10-19 |
27/95 |
(28) |
7/13 |
(54) |
3/5 |
(60) |
7/8 |
(88) |
| 20-29 |
99/221 |
(45) |
33/53 |
(62) |
2/2 |
(100) |
36/56 |
(64) |
| 30-39 |
102/202 |
(50) |
44/112 |
(39) |
0/2 |
(0) |
38/67 |
(58) |
| 40-49 |
187/317 |
(59) |
53/174 |
(30) |
1/3 |
(33) |
56/96 |
(58) |
| 50-59 |
269/411 |
(65) |
88/274 |
(32) |
1/2 |
(50) |
86/154 |
(56) |
| 60-69 |
213/414 |
(51) |
44/251 |
(18) |
0 |
(0) |
55/109 |
(50) |
| 70-79 |
78/347 |
(22) |
43/297 |
(14) |
0/1 |
(0) |
33/126 |
(26) |
| 80-89 |
17/171 |
(10) |
18/200 |
(9) |
0/2 |
(0) |
8/70 |
(11) |
| >90 |
2/24 |
(8) |
3/26 |
(12) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
| |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
N |
(%) |
| Total | 996/2254* | (44) | 333/1400 | (24) | 7/19 | (37) | 319/703 | (45) |
*One individual was not identified and the age missing.