Table 1.
Demographics of children who experience a non-fatal drowning, unadjusted
| Variable | Total non-fatal drowning N=19 403 |
Pools N=12 754 (65.7%) |
Natural waterways N=5045 (26.0%) |
Other N=1604 (8.3%) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (SD) | 10.9 (11.7) | 9.6 (10.2) | 14.4 (11.8) | 10.2 (13.1) | <0.001** |
| Male (%) | 15 143 (78.0) | 9961 (78.1) | 4157 (82.4) | 1025 (63.9) | <0.001** |
| Race (%) | <0.001** | ||||
| Caucasian | 1973 (10.2) | 1543 (12.1) | 298 (5.9) | 132 (8.2) | |
| African-American | 5894 (30.4) | 3928 (30.8) | 1483 (29.4) | 483 (30.1) | |
| Hispanic | 8690 (44.8) | 5318 (41.7) | 2669 (52.9) | 703 (43.8) | |
| Other | 2846 (14.7) | 1964 (15.4) | 595 (11.8) | 287 (17.9) | |
| Insurance (%) | <0.001** | ||||
| Public | 12 806 (66.0) | 7742 (60.7) | 3930 (77.9) | 1134 (70.7) | |
| Private | 5502 (28.4) | 4477 (35.1) | 863 (17.1) | 162 (10.1) | |
| Other | 1096 (5.7) | 536 (4.2) | 252 (5.0) | 308 (19.2) |