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