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Citation

Rahman A, Mashreky SR, Chowdhury SM, Giashuddin MS, Uhaa IJ, Shafinaz S, Hossain M, Linnan MJ, Rahman F. Inj. Prev. 2009; 15(2): 75-79.

Affiliation

Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh. aminur@bdonline.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/ip.2008.020123

PMID

19346418

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the epidemiology of child drowning in order to propose possible interventions for Bangladesh and other similar low-income countries. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: Rural and urban communities in Bangladesh. SUBJECTS: About 352,000 children 0-17 years were selected from over 171,000 households, using multistage cluster sampling. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incidence of fatal drowning. RESULTS: Drowning was the leading cause of death (28.6 per 100,000 child-years) in children aged 1-17 years. The highest incidence (86.3 per 100,000 child-years) was in children aged 1-4 years. More than two-thirds of drownings occurred in ponds and ditches. Most drownings (85%) happened in daylight. In more than one-third of cases of drowning, the child was alone. In the two-thirds of cases in which the child was accompanied, almost half were with children who were 10 years or below. Only 7% of drowned children over 4 years of age knew how to swim. CONCLUSIONS: Drowning is a major cause of childhood mortality in Bangladesh. Creating drowning-safe homes, improving supervision of children, modifying the environment, and developing water safety skills for children and the community may be effective interventions for drowning prevention.


Language: en

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