Table 1.
The number and proportion of each intent in drowning mortality in each OECD country
| Region | (1) All-intents- combined | (2) Unintentional | (3) Intentional self-harm | (4) Assault | (5) Undetermined intent | (5)/(3) | (1)/(2) | |||||
| Country, data year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| High-income North America | ||||||||||||
| Canada, 2010–2012 | 1241 | 100.0 | 840 | 67.7 | 301 | 24.3 | 9 | 0.7 | 91 | 7.3 | 0.30 | 1.48 |
| USA, 2012–2014 | 12 348 | 100.0 | 10 340 | 83.7 | 1200 | 9.7 | 109 | 0.9 | 699 | 5.7 | 0.58 | 1.19 |
| Australasia | ||||||||||||
| Australia, 2012–2014 | 793 | 100.0 | 591 | 74.5 | 156 | 19.7 | 5 | 0.6 | 41 | 5.2 | 0.26 | 1.34 |
| New Zealand, 2010–2012 | 211 | 100.0 | 175 | 82.9 | 29 | 13.7 | 2 | 0.9 | 5 | 2.4 | 0.17 | 1.21 |
| High-income Asia Pacific | ||||||||||||
| Japan, 2012–2014 | 27 383 | 100.0 | 22 940 | 83.8 | 2166 | 7.9 | 10 | 0.0 | 2267 | 8.3 | 1.05 | 1.19 |
| South Korea, 2011–2013 | 4337 | 100.0 | 1980 | 45.7 | 1441 | 33.2 | 14 | 0.3 | 902 | 20.8 | 0.63 | 2.19 |
| Western Europe | ||||||||||||
| Austria, 2012–2014 | 446 | 100.0 | 129 | 28.9 | 146 | 32.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 171 | 38.3 | 1.17 | 3.46 |
| Belgium, 2012–2014 | 687 | 100.0 | 180 | 26.2 | 394 | 57.4 | 7 | 1.0 | 106 | 15.4 | 0.27 | 3.82 |
| Denmark, 2012–2014 | 205 | 100.0 | 97 | 47.3 | 94 | 45.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 13 | 6.3 | 0.14 | 2.11 |
| Finland, 2012–2014 | 510 | 100.0 | 332 | 65.1 | 117 | 22.9 | 3 | 0.6 | 58 | 11.4 | 0.50 | 1.54 |
| France, 2011–2013 | 4147 | 100.0 | 2818 | 68.0 | 1277 | 30.8 | 11 | 0.3 | 41 | 1.0 | 0.03 | 1.47 |
| Germany, 2012–2014 | 2295 | 100.0 | 1271 | 55.4 | 752 | 32.8 | 6 | 0.3 | 266 | 11.6 | 0.35 | 1.81 |
| Greece, 2014 | 363 | 100.0 | 349 | 96.1 | 10 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.40 | 1.04 |
| Ireland, 2011–2013 | 348 | 100.0 | 159 | 45.7 | 133 | 38.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 55 | 15.8 | 0.41 | 2.19 |
| Israel, 2012–2014 | 155 | 100.0 | 148 | 95.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.05 |
| Italy, 2010–2012 | 1668 | 100.0 | 1124 | 67.4 | 534 | 32.0 | 8 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 1.48 |
| Netherlands, 2013–2015 | 585 | 100.0 | 244 | 41.7 | 327 | 55.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 12 | 2.1 | 0.04 | 2.40 |
| Norway, 2012–2014 | 265 | 100.0 | 171 | 64.5 | 89 | 33.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.06 | 1.55 |
| Portugal, 2011–2013 | 472 | 100.0 | 190 | 40.3 | 191 | 40.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 90 | 19.1 | 0.47 | 2.48 |
| Spain, 2012–2014 | 1730 | 100.0 | 1294 | 74.8 | 385 | 22.3 | 4 | 0.2 | 47 | 2.7 | 0.12 | 1.34 |
| Sweden, 2013–2015 | 594 | 100.0 | 287 | 48.3 | 207 | 34.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 99 | 16.7 | 0.48 | 2.07 |
| Switzerland, 2011–2013 | 337 | 100.0 | 154 | 45.7 | 157 | 46.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 7.7 | 0.17 | 2.19 |
| UK, 2011–2013 | 1529 | 100.0 | 714 | 46.7 | 398 | 26.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 415 | 27.1 | 1.04 | 2.14 |
| Eastern Europe | ||||||||||||
| Estonia, 2012–2014 | 161 | 100.0 | 153 | 95.0 | 5 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.60 | 1.05 |
| Central Europe | ||||||||||||
| Czech Republic, 2013–2015 | 627 | 100.0 | 484 | 77.2 | 63 | 10.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 78 | 12.4 | 1.24 | 1.30 |
| Hungary, 2013–2015 | 651 | 100.0 | 372 | 57.1 | 127 | 19.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 149 | 22.9 | 1.17 | 1.75 |
| Poland, 2012–2014 | 3005 | 100.0 | 2502 | 83.3 | 59 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 444 | 14.8 | 7.53 | 1.20 |
| Slovakia, 2012–2014 | 434 | 100.0 | 389 | 89.6 | 16 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 6.7 | 1.81 | 1.12 |
| Slovenia, 2013–2015 | 136 | 100.0 | 61 | 44.9 | 59 | 43.4 | 2 | 1.5 | 14 | 10.3 | 0.24 | 2.23 |
| Latin America | ||||||||||||
| Chile, 2012–2014 | 1022 | 100.0 | 989 | 96.8 | 28 | 2.7 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.03 |
| Mexico, 2012–2014 | 6970 | 100.0 | 5990 | 85.9 | 48 | 0.7 | 339 | 4.9 | 593 | 8.5 | 12.35 | 1.16 |
| Middle East | ||||||||||||
| Turkey, 2011–2013 | 1061 | 100.0 | 1018 | 95.9 | 41 | 3.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.04 |
Data source: WHO Cause of Death Query Online (http://apps.who.int/healthinfo/statistics/mortality/causeofdeath_query/).
OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.