%0 Journal Article
%T Child drowning deaths in Aydin province, western Turkey, 2002-2012
%J European journal of trauma and emergency surgery
%D 2015
%A Dirlik, M.
%A Bostancıoğlu, Başak Çakır
%V 41
%N 6
%P 683-688
%X INTRODUCTION: Drowning, a major public health problem worldwide, occurs as an accident, suicide, or homicide. Deaths with an accidental origin are common in childhood in the 0-18 age group. In our study, pediatric drowning cases for whom a postmortem examination and an autopsy were conducted by Adnan Menderes University Department of Forensic Medicine were evaluated. The characteristics were determined and compared with domestic and foreign studies. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 39 cases in the 0-18 age group in Aydın between 2002 and 2012 were analyzed regarding age, gender, cause of death, origin, the accident scene, and the month in which the death occurred. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the drowning cases, 33 (84.6 %) were male, and 6 (15.4 %) were female. The average age was 9.08 years, and drowning is most common in the 0-4 age group (33.3 %). The scene of the accident was an irrigation channel in 43.5 % of the cases, a river in 15.3 %, a sea in 12.8 %, a pool in 10.2 %, and a lake or pond in 7.69 %. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Drowning deaths are a serious and preventable public health problem worldwide. There are strong correlations among lack of adult supervision, lack of precautions, and neglect.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 1863-9933
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00068-015-0493-0