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Changes in drowning mortality rates and quality of reporting from 2004-2005 to 2014-2015: a comparative study of 61 countries

Lin CY 1 , Wang LY 2 , Lu TH 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 2 NCKU Research Center for Health Data and Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, Dah Hsueh Road, Tainan, 701, Taiwan. lywang@mail.ncku.edu.tw
  • 3 NCKU Research Center for Health Data and Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, Dah Hsueh Road, Tainan, 701, Taiwan
BMC Public Health, 2019 Oct 28;19(1):1391.
PMID: 31660919 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7749-2

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study assessed international variations in changes in drowning mortality rates and the quality of reporting specific information in death certificates over the past decade.

METHODS: Drowning mortality data of 61 countries were extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database. We calculated the percentage change (PC) in age-standardized drowning mortality rates and percentage of drowning deaths reported with unspecified codes between 2004 and 2005 and 2014-2015.

RESULTS: Of the 61 countries studied, 50 exhibited a reduction in drowning mortality rates from 2004 to 2005 to 2014-2015. Additionally, five countries-Lithuania, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, and El Salvador-with a high mortality rate in 2004-2005 (> 40 deaths per 100,000) showed improvement (PC  40%) exhibited a marked reduction (PC 

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