Table 2 Drowning deaths in Sweden in relation to manner of death, location, sex, and presence of alcohol in blood (1992–2009)
Localization of drowning | Male N (%) | Female N (%) | Total N (%) | Alcohol N positive/ N tested (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unintentional | 2180 | (100%) | 405 | (100%) | 2585 | (100%) | 997/2255 | (44%) |
Bathtub | 177 | (8) | 139 | (34) | 316 | (12) | 90/257 | (35) |
Pool, pond | 93 | (4) | 18 | (4) | 111 | (4) | 28/84 | (33) |
Sea | 566 | (26) | 74 | (18) | 640 | (25) | 261/576 | (45) |
Lake | 744 | (34) | 81 | (20) | 825 | (32) | 316/743 | (43) |
Stream, river | 456 | (21) | 65 | (16) | 521 | (20) | 253/449 | (56) |
Other places | 60 | (3) | 8 | (2) | 68 | (3) | 20/63 | (32) |
Data not available | 84 | (4) | 20 | (5) | 104 | (4) | 29/83 | (35) |
Intentional | ||||||||
Suicide | 763 | (100%) | 847 | (100%) | 1610 | (100%) | 333/1400 | (24%) |
Bathtub | 153 | (20) | 318 | (38) | 471 | (29) | 131/429 | (31) |
Pool, pond | 17 | (2) | 15 | (2) | 32 | (2) | 4/28 | (14) |
Sea | 163 | (21) | 129 | (15) | 292 | (18) | 64/243 | (26) |
Lake | 167 | (22) | 159 | (19) | 326 | (20) | 61/287 | (21) |
Stream, river | 213 | (28) | 192 | (23) | 405 | (25) | 64/334 | (19) |
Other places | 43 | (6) | 26 | (3) | 69 | (4) | 5/64 | (8) |
Data not available | 7 | (0.9) | 8 | (0.9) | 15 | (0.9) | 4/15 | (27) |
Homicide | 12 | (100%) | 9 | (100%) | 21 | (100%) | 7/19 | (37%) |
Bathtub | 3 | (25) | 3 | (33) | 6 | (29) | 2/5 | (40) |
Pool, pond | 1 | (8) | 0 | (0) | 1 | (5) | 1/1 | (100) |
Sea | 2 | (17) | 3 | (33) | 5 | (24) | 0/5 | (0) |
Lake | 2 | (17) | 1 | (11) | 3 | (14) | 1/3 | (33) |
Stream, river | 1 | (8) | 1 | (11) | 2 | (10) | 1/1 | (100) |
Data not available | 3 | (25) | 1 | (11) | 4 | (19) | 2/4 | (50) |
Undetermined | 623 | (100%) | 286 | (100%) | 909 | (100%) | 319/703 | (45%) |
Bathtub | 95 | (15) | 116 | (41) | 211 | (23) | 71/168 | (42) |
Pool, pond | 16 | (3) | 3 | (1) | 19 | (2) | 8/17 | (47) |
Sea | 147 | (24) | 47 | (16) | 194 | (21) | 78/142 | (55) |
Lake | 151 | (24) | 40 | (14) | 191 | (21) | 64/148 | (43) |
Stream | 186 | (30) | 73 | (26) | 259 | (28) | 88/198 | (44) |
Other places | 12 | (2) | 2 | (0.7) | 14 | (2) | 4/11 | (36) |
Data not available | 16 | (3) | 5 | (2) | 21 | (2) | 6/19 | (32) |
Total | 3578 | 1547 | 5125 | 1656/4377 | (38) | |||