TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Bathtub drowning mortality among older adults in Japan
JO  - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
A1  - Hsieh, Wan-Hua
A1  - Wang, Chien-Hsing
A1  - Lu, Tsung-Hsueh
SP  - 151
EP  - 155
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
N2  - We examined the bathtub drowning mortality among older adults in Japan. Mortality data from Japan and 30 other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries were extracted from World Health Organization Cause of Death Query Online. During 2012-2014, unintentional drowning mortality rates in Japan were 9.5, 28.2 and 39.7 per 100,000 population for adults aged 65-74, 75-84 and ≥85 years, respectively-rates highest among the 31 OECD countries. In total, 6377 older adults aged ≥65 years died from unintentional drowning in 2014, of which 4857 (76%) deaths involved bathtubs. During 1995-2014, the bathtub drowning mortality rate for adults aged ≥65 years was stable in Japan. During 2011-2014, approximately 4800 older adults died from bathtub drowning annually. Death predominantly occurred 'while in a bathtub', rather than 'following a fall into a bathtub'. In 2014, 95% and 87% of bathtub drowning deaths among older women and men aged ≥65 years, respectively, occurred at home. In conclusion, bathtub drowning deaths at home is an important public health problem among older adults Japanese and efforts are needed to reduce these preventable deaths.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-7300
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2018.1515231
ID  - ref1
ER  -