Table 3.
Drowning IRs by location, severity and gender, Queensland residents 0–19 years, 2002–2008
| Fatal | Admitted | Not admitted† | Fatal and non-fatal IR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Female | Male | RR (95% CI)‡ | ||||
| Pool | 0.65 | 5.04 | 1.63 | 7.31***↑ | 5.76 | 8.74 | 1.52 (1.28 to 1.80) |
| Inland water | 0.45 | 0.97 | 0.39 | 1.81**↑ | 1.41 | 2.25 | 1.60 (1.14 to 2.24) |
| Bath | 0.14 | 1.14 | 0.47 | 1.75↓ | 1.97 | 1.54 | 0.78 (0.56 to 1.10) |
| Coastal | 0.13 | 0.56 | 0.84 | 1.53*↑ | 1.41 | 2.25 | 1.04 (0.72 to 1.50) |
| Other man-made water | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.30↓ | 0.21 | 0.38 | 1.78 (0.76 to 4.20) |
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001; increases (↑); decreases (↓); or no change (←→) in drowning incidence over time.
†Not Admitted=non-fatal cases that did not require hospitalisation but were treated in emergency department or attended by ambulance with no further treatment.
‡Reference category females.
IR, incidence rate; RR, relative risk.