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. 2017 May 19;17:388. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4306-8

Table 2.

Fatal unintentional drowning, all ages, examined at the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, during the study period (2000–2009)

Drowning No of cases Testing rates
Alcohol
(%)
Medicinal drugs
(%)
Unintentional (V90, V92, W65-W74) 1746 100% 91.5%
Boating-related (V90, V92) 303 100% 91.1%
Non-boating (W65-W74) 1443 100% 91.6%