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. 2018 May 14;7:576. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.14563.1

Table 2. Drowning deaths compared by age and sex for the period 2013–2015.

Age group
(years)
Sex Total
Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
0–9 211 (18.8%) 117 (32.8) 328 (22.2%)
10–19 351 (31.3%) 100 (28.0%) 451 (30.5%)
20–29 196 (17.5%) 40 (11.2%) 236 (15.9%)
30–39 109 (9.7%) 40 (11.2%) 149 (10.1%)
40–49 100 (8.9%) 22 (6.2%) 122 (8.2%)
50–59 66 (5.9%) 18 (5.0%) 84 (5.7%)
60–69 53 (4.7%) 12 (3.4%) 65 (4.4%)
70–79 29 (2.6%) 5 (1.3%) 34 (2.3%)
80–89 8 (0.6%) 1 (0.3%) 9 (0.6%)
90–99 0 (0%) 2 (0.6%) 2 (0.1%)
Total § 1,123 (100%) 357 (100%) 1,480 (100%)

§Age was not recorded for 27 cases