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Table 4 Count and annual episode age specific and all age standardised rate per 100,000 by ICD Code 1997/8 – 2003/4

From: Water incident related hospital activity across England between 1997/8 and 2003/4: a retrospective descriptive study

  

Age 0–14

Age 15–59

Age 60+

All ages

  

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

V90 Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion

 

7

0.34

42

1.07

7

0.85

56

0.82

 

Rate

0.01

 

0.02

 

0.01

 

0.02

 
 

95%Interval

(0 – 0.04)

 

(0.01 – 0.04)

 

(0 – 0.03)

 

(0.01 – 0.03)

 

V91 Accident to watercraft causing other injury

 

22

1.08

206

5.24

19

2.31

247

3.64

 

Rate

0.04

 

0.12

 

0.03

 

0.09

 
 

95%Interval

(0 – 0.08)

 

(0.08 – 0.15)

 

(0 – 0.07)

 

(0.06 – 0.11)

 

V92 Water-transport-related drowning/submersion without accident to watercraft

 

21

1.03

177

4.50

47

5.71

245

3.61

 

Rate

0.04

 

0.10

 

0.08

 

0.08

 
 

95%Interval

(0 – 0.08)

 

(0.06 – 0.14)

 

(0.02 – 0.13)

 

(0.06- 0.11)

 

V93 Accident on board water craft without accident to watercraft not causing drowning or submersion

 

46

2.26

821

20.87

233

28.31

1100

16.19

 

Rate

0.08

 

0.46

 

0.38

 

0.37

 
 

95%Interval

(0.02 – 0.14)

 

(0.38 – 0.54)

 

(0.26 – 0.5)

 

(0.31 – 0.42)

 

V94 Other and unspecified water transport accidents

 

27

1.33

468

11.90

44

5.35

539

7.93

 

Rate

0.05

 

0.26

 

0.07

 

0.19

 
 

95%Interval

(0 – 0.09)

 

(0.2 – 0.32)

 

(0.02 – 0.12)

 

(015 – 0.22)

 

W15 Fall from cliff

 

160

7.85

627

15.94

60

7.29

847

12.47

 

Rate

0.29

 

0.35

 

0.10

 

0.30

 
 

95%Interval

(0.18 – 0.4)

 

(0.28 – 0.42)

 

(0.04 – 0.16)

 

(0.25 – 0.35)

 

W16 Diving/jumping into water cause injury other than drowning or submersion

 

331

16.25

844

21.46

81

9.84

1256

18.49

 

Rate

0.59

 

0.47

 

0.13

 

0.45

 
 

95%Interval

(0.44 – 0.75)

 

(0.4 – 0.55)

 

(0.06 – 0.2)

 

(0.39 – 0.51)

 

W65 Drowning and submersion while in bath-tub

 

209

10.26

28

0.71

25

3.04

262

3.86

 

Rate

0.38

 

0.02

 

0.04

 

0.10

 
 

95%Interval

(0.25 – 0.5)

 

(0 – 0.03)

 

(0 – 0.08)

 

(0.07 – 0.13)

 

W66 Drowning and submersion following fall into bath-tub

 

54

2.65

12

0.31

30

3.65

96

1.41

 

Rate

0.10

 

0.01

 

0.05

 

0.03

 
 

95%Interval

(0.03 – 0.16)

 

(0 – 0.02)

 

(0.01 – 0.09)

 

(0.02- 0.05)

 

W67 Drowning and submersion while in swimming-pool

 

225

11.05

67

1.70

11

1.34

303

4.46

 

Rate

0.40

 

0.04

 

0.02

 

0.12

 
 

95%Interval

(0.27 – 0.53)

 

(0.02 – 0.06)

 

(0 – 0.04)

 

(0.9 – 0.15)

 

W68 Drowning and submersion following fall into swimming-pool

 

105

5.15

24

0.61

8

0.97

137

2.02

 

Rate

0.19

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

0.05

 
 

95%Interval

(0.1 – 0.28)

 

(0 – 0.03)

 

(0 – 0.04)

 

(0.03 – 0.07)

 

W69 Drowning and submersion while in natural water

 

82

4.03

146

3.71

38

4.62

266

3.92

 

Rate

0.15

 

0.08

 

0.06

 

0.09

 
 

95%Interval

(0.07 – 0.23)

 

(0.05 – 0.11)

 

(0.01 – 0.11)

 

(0.07 – 0.12)

 

W70 Drowning and submersion following fall into natural water

 

133

6.53

101

2.57

54

6.56

288

4.24

 

Rate

0.24

 

0.06

 

0.09

 

0.10

 
 

95%Interval

(0.14 – 0.34)

 

(0.03 – 0.08)

 

(0.03 – 0.15)

 

(0.07 – 0.13)

 

W73 Other specified drowning and submersion

 

118

5.79

28

0.71

8

0.97

154

2.27

 

Rate

0.21

 

0.02

 

0.01

 

0.06

 
 

95%Interval

(0.12 – 0.31)

 

(0 – 0.03)

 

(0 – 0.04)

 

(0.04 – 0.08)

 

W74 Unspecified drowning and submersion

 

402

19.73

279

7.09

96

11.66

777

11.44

 

Rate

0.72

 

0.16

 

0.16

 

0.28

 
 

95%Interval

(0.55 – 0.9)

 

(0.11 – 0.2)

 

(0.08 – 0.23)

 

(0.23 – 0.33)

 

X38 Victim of flood

 

71

3.49

16

0.41

40

4.86

127

1.87

 

Rate

0.13

 

0.01

 

0.07

 

0.04

 
 

95%Interval

(0.05 – 0.2)

 

(0 – 0.02)

 

(0.02 – 0.11)

 

(0.03 – 0.06)

 

X92 Assault by drowning and submersion

 

9

0.44

23

0.58

34

4.13

66

0.97

 

Rate

0.02

 

0.01

 

0.06

 

0.02

 
 

95%Interval

(0 – 0.04)

 

(0 – 0.03)

 

(0.01 – 0.1)

 

(0.01 – 0.03)

 

Y21 Drowning and submersion undetermined intent

 

15

0.74

24

0.61

22

2.67

61

0.90

 

Rate

0.03

 

0.01

 

0.04

 

0.02

 
 

95%Interval

(0 – 0.06)

 

(0 – 0.03)

 

(0 – 0.07)

 

(0.01 – 0.03)

 

Total

 

2037

100.0

3933

100.0

823

100.0

6793

100.0

 

Rate

3.66

 

2.21

 

1.34

 

2.39

 
 

95%Interval

(3.27 – 4.05)

 

(2.04 – 2.38)

 

(1.12 – 1.57)

 

(2.25 – 2.53)