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. 2015 Dec 15;5(12):e008444. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008444

Table 4.

Non-fatal drowning by demographics, adjusted by population from US census data

Setting Rate per 100 K children by age group
0–4 years 5–9 years 10–14 years 15–19 years Total
All settings
 Caucasian 6.8 3.8 3.4 3.1 4.3
 African-American 28.1 15.7 14.0 12.9 17.7
 Hispanic 26.9 15.1 13.3 12.3 16.9
 Other 26.6 14.9 13.2 12.2 16.7
 Total 16.1 9.0 7.9 7.4 10.1
Pools
 Caucasian 45.6 25.6 22.7 20.9 28.7
 African-American 25.6 14.3 12.7 11.7 16.1
 Hispanic 20.0 11.2 10.0 9.2 12.6
 Other 28.3 15.8 14.1 12.9 17.8
 Total 26.1 14.6 13.0 11.9 18.8
Natural waterways
 Caucasian 6.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.6
 African-American 13.4 7.6 7.0 6.7 8.7
 Hispanic 17.7 10.0 9.2 8.7 11.4
 Other 10.4 5.9 5.5 5.4 6.8
 Total 13.8 7.8 7.3 7.0 7.9
Other
 Caucasian 3.0 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.0
 African-American 3.7 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.5
 Hispanic 3.6 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.4
 Other 4.6 2.8 2.4 2.6 3.1
 Total 3.7 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.5
Total for Age Group 15.7 8.8 7.8 7.2 10.1