TABLE.

Numbers and rates^* of fatal unintentional drowning among persons aged ≤29 years, by setting, race/ethnicity, and age group — United States, 1999–2010

	Age group (yrs)
	<1		1–4		5–9		10–14		15–19		20–24		25–29		Total
Setting	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate
Drowning (all settings)
AI/AN	11	—†	73	3.83	37	1.50	33	1.22	73	2.63	77	3.25	75	3.68	379	2.57
Asian/Pacific Islander	—	—	127	1.42	91	0.84	72	0.67	206	1.80	179	1.38	162	1.10	846	1.18
Black	145	2.03	654	2.30	569	1.54	690	1.75	956	2.44	620	1.78	496	1.58	4,130	1.90
Hispanic§	156	1.38	1,013	2.40	246	0.51	224	0.48	709	1.57	932	2.02	619	1.34	3,899	1.37
White	371	1.39	3,665	3.40	865	0.61	712	0.47	2,108	1.35	2,166	1.45	1,694	1.18	11,581	1.32
Total¶	696	1.46	5,547	2.93	1,818	0.76	1,737	0.69	4,064	1.59	3,988	1.62	3,062	1.29	20,912	1.43
Swimming pool
AI/AN	—	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31	0.21
Asian/Pacific Islander	—	—	69	0.77	35	0.32	16	—	23	0.20	26	0.20	44	0.30	213	0.30
Black	—	—	357	1.26	251	0.68	205	0.52	177	0.45	95	0.27	61	0.19	1,152	0.53
Hispanic§	—	—	531	1.26	82	0.17	42	0.09	61	0.14	71	0.15	61	0.13	854	0.30
White	48	0.18	1,872	1.74	233	0.17	87	0.06	121	0.08	97	0.06	100	0.07	2,558	0.29
Total¶	61	0.13	2,852	1.51	616	0.26	356	0.14	383	0.15	295	0.12	268	0.11	4,831	0.33
Natural water
AI/AN	—	—	26	1.36	16	—	21	0.77	40	1.44	41	1.73	36	1.77	180	1.22
Asian/Pacific Islander	—	—	24	0.27	28	0.26	38	0.35	120	1.05	105	0.81	82	0.56	397	0.55
Black	—	—	74	0.26	134	0.36	244	0.62	427	1.09	267	0.77	217	0.69	1,363	0.63
Hispanic§	—	—	116	0.28	79	0.16	115	0.25	413	0.92	553	1.20	339	0.73	1,616	0.57
White	—	—	559	0.52	279	0.20	280	0.18	1,080	0.69	1,058	0.71	753	0.53	4,015	0.46
Total¶	—	—	800	0.42	539	0.23	700	0.28	2,083	0.82	2,031	0.82	1,433	0.60	7,594	0.52
Boating
AI/AN	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	34	0.23
Asian/Pacific Islander	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	30	0.04
Black	—	—	—	—	12	—	14	—	41	0.10	48	0.14	42	0.13	160	0.07
Hispanic§	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	25	0.06	51	0.11	50	0.11	144	0.05
White	—	—	22	0.02	45	0.03	74	0.05	216	0.14	303	0.20	256	0.18	920	0.10
Total¶	—	—	28	0.01	65	0.03	101	0.04	302	0.12	423	0.17	367	0.15	1,291	0.09
Bathtub
AI/AN	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—
Asian/Pacific Islander	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	0.03
Black	88	1.23	79	0.28	16	—	23	0.06	16	—	25	0.07	31	0.10	278	0.13
Hispanic§	107	0.94	107	0.25	12	—	12	—	13	—	12	—	18	—	281	0.10
White	226	0.85	299	0.28	56	0.04	63	0.04	81	0.05	150	0.10	135	0.09	1,010	0.12
Total¶	435	0.91	500	0.26	87	0.04	99	0.04	113	0.04	190	0.08	191	0.08	1,615	0.11
Other or unspecified
AI/AN	—	—	28	1.47	10	—	—	—	24	0.86	20	0.84	23	1.13	115	0.78
Asian/Pacific Islander	—	—	26	0.29	24	0.22	16	—	49	0.43	36	0.28	27	0.18	182	0.25
Black	50	0.70	142	0.50	156	0.42	204	0.52	295	0.75	185	0.53	145	0.46	1,177	0.54
Hispanic§	42	0.37	256	0.61	68	0.14	45	0.10	197	0.44	245	0.53	151	0.33	1,004	0.35
White	87	0.33	913	0.85	252	0.18	208	0.14	610	0.39	558	0.37	450	0.31	3,078	0.35
Total¶	187	0.39	1,367	0.72	511	0.21	481	0.19	1,183	0.46	1,049	0.43	803	0.34	5,581	0.38

Abbreviation: AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native.

^*Per 100,000 population.

^†Death counts based on <10 deaths suppressed for confidentiality. Death rates based on <20 deaths suppressed for unreliability.

^§Persons identified as Hispanic might be of any race. Persons identified in the categories of white, black, AI/AN, or Asian/Pacific Islander are all non-Hispanic.

^¶Total rates for each setting include “not stated” race/ethnicity.