Drowning is the third leading cause of death from unintentional injury worldwide,accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths according to 2004 data from the World Health Organization. Previous reports indicated that, although the death rate from unintentional drowning for persons aged 0-19 years decreased in the United States, or drowning had become the major cause of death from unintentional injury among children aged 1-4 years. To facilitate injury prevention programs,this study analyzed mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System from 1999 through 2010 to supply more detailed information on characteristics and patterns of unintentional drowning deaths, including recent trends and drowning by day of week, or age group,sex, and dwelling of incident.
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