Alcohol and accidental drowning

Epidemiology of unintentional drowning and near-drowning in Denmark in 1995: Table 1

“…1 In American and Australian studies of drownings positive blood alcohol tests were found in 47% of adults 12 and 37% of adult males. 15 One half of the child cases occurred in some sort of artificial water basin in accordance with British experience. 5 In Alabama, pools ac-counted for 61% of hospitalized neardrownings in children.…”

Alcohol use, aquatic injury, and unintentional drowning: A systematic literature review

“…In contrast, one study [50] found no significant gender or ethnic difference in the prevalence of alcohol-related drowning. Eleven studies [17,[19][20][21]23,32,35,41,50,54,84] identified age-related trends in prevalence of alcohol involvement in fatal drowning; however, these varied considerably, and a conclusion could not reliably be drawn as to the existence of an overall trend. One study [31] found alcohol-related drownings, as a result of falls and boating incidents, were more common in those older than 35 years.…”

Descriptive epidemiology of drowning deaths in a surf beach swimmer and surfer population

“…Other studies have also reported risk and protective factor prevalence among drownings at surf beaches including alcohol and resuscitation 8 9. Developing effective countermeasures requires further understanding the relationship of situation-related and person-related factors to drowning risk on surf beaches.…”