Table 7.
Alcohol, drugs, medical conditions, lifejacket wear, multiple fatality event, 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) |
| Alcohol involvement | |||||||
| Yes | 719 | 25.8 | 1647 | 69.0 | 133 | 16.4 | 106.674 (p < 0.001) |
| No | 1203 | 43.1 | 2465 | 21.0 | 551 | 67.9 | |
| Unknown | 729 | 26.1 | 460 | 10.1 | 128 | 15.8 | – |
| Drug involvement | |||||||
| Yes | 755 | 27.0 | 1117 | 24.4 | 18 | 2.2 | 350.481 (p < 0.001) |
| No | 1060 | 38.0 | 2397 | 52.4 | 666 | 82.0 | |
| Unknown | 729 | 26.1 | 1058 | 23.1 | 128 | 15.8 | – |
| Medical condition (pre-existing, chronic) | |||||||
| Yes | 1039 | 37.2 | 1698 | 37.1 | 153 | 18.8 | 304.496 (p < 0.001) |
| No | 739 | 26.5 | 2694 | 58.9 | 492 | 60.6 | |
| Unknown | 853 | 30.6 | 180 | 3.9 | 167 | 20.6 | – |
| Lifejacket wear (n = 2039) # | |||||||
| Yes | 42 | 9.4 | 210 | 15.8 | 51 | 19.1 | 2.099 (p = 0.350) |
| No | 155 | 34.8 | 894 | 67.4 | 171 | 64.0 | |
| Unknown | 249 | 55.8 | 222 | 16.7 | 45 | 16.9 | – |
| Multiple Fatality Event | |||||||
| Yes | 254 | 9.1 | 717 | 15.7 | 90 | 11.1 | 67.703 (p < 0.001) |
| No | 2528 | 90.5 | 3854 | 84.3 | 701 | 86.3 | |
| Unknown | 10 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 2.6 | – |
#Boating only, excludes lifejackets worn in association with rock fishing and other activities where lifejackets are not applicable