Table 6.

Demographics, activity and location of fatal unintentional drowning, Australia, Canada and New Zealand

	Australia		Canada		New Zealand		X2 (p value)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	2792	34.1	4572	55.9	812	9.9	118.349 (p < 0.001)
Sex (N = 8176)
Male	2182	78.2	3715	81.3	669	82.4	13.027 (p = 0.001)
Female	610	21.8	857	18.7	143	17.6
Age group (n = 8174)
Children (0–17 years)	492	17.6	555	12.1	138	17.0	46.431 (p < 0.001)
Adults (18–64 years)	1254	44.9	2220	48.6	376	46.3	9.622 (p = 0.008)
Older people (65 years and older)	1046	37.5	1795	39.3	298	36.7	3.470 (p = 0.176)
International tourists (N = 8176)
Yes	132	4.7	122	2.7	40	4.9	28.917 (p < 0.001)
No	2606	93.3	4426	96.8	706	86.9
Unknown	46	1.6	24	0.5	66	8.1	–
First Nations Peoples (N = 8176)
Yes	156	5.6	503	11.0	194	23.9	195.631 (p < 0.001)
No	2232	79.9	4033	88.2	597	73.5
Unknown	382	13.7	36	0.8	21	2.6	–
Aquatic location of drowning incident (N = 8176)
Bathtub	203	7.3	444	9.7	40	4.9	27.655 (p < 0.001)
Beach	636	22.8	0	0.0	181	22.3	1150.963 (p < 0.001)
Lake/Pond	251	9.0	1665	36.4	72	8.9	826.485 (p < 0.001)
Ocean/Harbour	435	15.6	421	9.2	254	31.3	300.481 (p < 0.001)
Other	99	3.5	334	7.3	23	2.8	59.527 (p < 0.001)
River	756	27.1	1282	28.0	183	22.5	10.643 (p = 0.005)
Swimming Pool	412	14.8	423	9.3	59	7.3	66.262 (p < 0.001)
Unknown	0	0.0	3	0.1	0	0.0	–
Activity immediately prior to drowning (N = 8176)
Aquatic activity	793	28.4	1171	25.6	355	43.7	72.757 (p < 0.001)
Bathing	201	7.2	437	9.6	0	0.0	91.064 (p < 0.001)
Boating	479	17.2	1098	24.0	167	20.6	37.105 (p < 0.001)
Non-aquatic activity	839	30.1	906	19.8	287	35.3	165.660 (p < 0.001)
Non-aquatic transport	183	6.6	740	16.2	0	0.0	266.668 (p < 0.001)
Oher	20	0.7	0	0.0	3	0.4	96.587 (p < 0.001)
Unknown	277	9.9	220	4.8	0	0.0	–