Table 2 Number and age-adjusted death rate (per 100 000 people) of unintentional drowning deaths and the proportion of drowning deaths coded as 'unspecified' in each country, ranked by the percentage of 'unspecified' cases at the 3-character level according to the WHO mortality database, August 2009.
From: Quality of cause-of-death reporting using ICD-10 drowning codes: a descriptive study of 69 countries
Country | The latest available year | No. of deaths from unintentional drowning | Age- adjusted drowning death rate | % of drowning deaths classified as unspecified at the 3-character level | % of drowning deaths classified as unspecified at the 4th character |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suriname | 2005 | 34 | NA | 100 | 94 |
Kuwait | 2002 | 20 | 1.7 | 100 | 90 |
Guatemala | 2006 | 87 | NA | 100 | 61 |
Thailand | 2002 | 4218 | 7.1 | 100 | 100 |
Peru | 2000 | 656 | NA | 100 | 96 |
El Salvador | 2006 | 238 | NA | 99 | 0 |
Guyana | 2005 | 90 | NA | 99 | 100 |
Israel | 2005 | 48 | 0.7 | 98 | 100 |
Belize | 2001 | 41 | NA | 98 | 100 |
Mauritius | 2007 | 38 | 3.1 | 97 | 100 |
Uruguay | 2004 | 71 | NA | 97 | 44 |
South Africa | 2005 | 147 | NA | 96 | NA |
Costa Rica | 2006 | 132 | NA | 94 | 6 |
Taiwan | 2007 | 486 | 1.9 | 89 | NA |
Georgia | 2001 | 45 | 0.9 | 89 | NA |
Chile | 2005 | 488 | NA | 89 | 1 |
Bahamas | 2002 | 42 | NA | 86 | 52 |
Serbia and Montenegro, Former | 2002 | 94 | 1.2 | 84 | 11 |
France | 2006 | 1008 | 1.3 | 82 | 53 |
Réunion | 2005 | 20 | NA | 80 | 55 |
Italy | 2006 | 378 | 0.6 | 75 | 49 |
Paraguay | 2004 | 99 | NA | 69 | 21 |
Spain | 2005 | 494 | 1.0 | 66 | 47 |
Haiti | 2003 | 20 | Â | 65 | 45 |
Norway | 2006 | 65 | 1.1 | 63 | 100 |
Argentina | 2005 | 563 | NA | 60 | 17 |
Republic of Moldova | 2007 | 261 | 6.9 | 60 | 0 |
Kyrgyzstan | 2006 | 270 | 5.4 | 57 | 23 |
Netherlands | 2007 | 76 | 0.4 | 57 | 3 |
Egypt | 2000 | 1591 | NA | 54 | NA |
Uzbekistan | 2005 | 1042 | 3.9 | 52 | NA |
Azerbaijan | 2007 | 62 | 0.8 | 52 | NA |
Romania | 2007 | 992 | 4.4 | 50 | 18 |
Serbia | 2007 | 115 | 1.4 | 46 | NA |
Mexico | 2006 | 2310 | NA | 46 | 21 |
Colombia | 2005 | 1019 | NA | 44 | 16 |
Ecuador | 2006 | 521 | NA | 44 | 21 |
Czech Republic | 2007 | 182 | 1.5 | 44 | 31 |
Denmark | 2006 | 46 | 0.7 | 43 | 100 |
Germany | 2006 | 418 | 0.4 | 43 | 31 |
Brazil | 2005 | 6171 | NA | 42 | 26 |
Republic of Korea | 2006 | 757 | 1.5 | 40 | NA |
Venezuela | 2005 | 590 | NA | 38 | 17 |
Sweden | 2006 | 106 | 0.9 | 38 | 100 |
Nicaragua | 2005 | 196 | NA | 37 | 97 |
Belgium | 1999 | 54 | 0.5 | 37 | NA |
Poland | 2006 | 1031 | 2.5 | 34 | 52 |
Canada | 2004 | 251 | 0.8 | 32 | 100 |
Croatia | 2006 | 78 | 1.3 | 32 | 36 |
Austria | 2007 | 75 | 0.8 | 27 | 21 |
United Kingdom | 2007 | 224 | 0.4 | 24 | 2 |
United States of America | 2005 | 3582 | 1.2 | 23 | 10 |
Puerto Rico | 2005 | 37 | NA | 19 | 0 |
Australia | 2004 | 198 | 1.0 | 19 | 12 |
Estonia | 2005 | 59 | 4.1 | 17 | NA |
Hungary | 2005 | 192 | 1.7 | 14 | 2 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2002 | 44 | 3.4 | 14 | 11 |
Dominican Republic | 2004 | 29 | NA | 10 | 100 |
Ireland | 2007 | 51 | 1.1 | 10 | 4 |
Japan | 2007 | 5966 | 2.5 | 9 | 7 |
Slovenia | 2007 | 28 | 1.1 | 7 | NA |
Hong Kong SAR | 2007 | 43 | NA | 7 | 0 |
Slovakia | 2005 | 138 | 2.4 | 7 | NA |
Lithuania | 2007 | 381 | 9.8 | 6 | 1 |
Panama | 2006 | 120 | NA | 5 | 9 |
Cuba | 2006 | 253 | NA | 1 | 2 |
Latvia | 2007 | 237 | 9.6 | 1 | NA |
Finland | 2007 | 143 | 2.1 | 1 | 100 |
New Zealand | 2005 | 56 | 1.4 | 0 | 100 |