@article{ref1,
title="Drowning fatalities of children in Tasmania: differences from national data",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of public health",
year="1996",
author="Riley, M. D. and Larson, A. and Langford, Jim",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="547-549",
abstract="All drownings of people under 15 years of age in Tasmania from 1981 to 1993 were identified from the Tasmanian coroner's case files. Age- and sex-specific mortality rates were calculated and found to be similar to Australian drowning mortality rates. An exception was the lower drowning rate for Tasmanian females aged 0 to 4 years. Only 9 per cent of drowning deaths were caused by immersion in a swimming pool, 32 per cent of deaths occurred in dams and ponds and 21 per cent occurred in a river. Most drownings (88 per cent) associated with dams, ponds, swimming pools and baths were in the 0-to-4-year age group. Compared with Australia as a whole, toddlers drowning in swimming pools is uncommon in Tasmania; however, there are relatively more drownings in dams and ponds. Strategies for the prevention of drowning in childhood in Tasmania should consider the hazards associated with rural living.",
language="",
issn="1326-0200",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}