Drowning in Pretoria, South Africa: A 10-year review

Keeping our heads above water: A systematic review of fatal drowning in South Africa

“…Drowning surveillance was the primary aim in only seven of the included articles and reports. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The drowning burden in SA In the included articles and reports, the majority of data reported were sourced from Stats SA (n=12) and the SAMRC-VIPRU National Injury Mortality Surveillance Sys- Full text screened for eligibility, n=4…”

“…Year Title Burrows et al [39] 2009 Adolescent injuries in urban South Africa: A multi-city investigation of intentional and unintentional injuries Burrows et al [38] 2010 Fatal injuries among urban children in South Africa: Risk distribution and potential for reduction Donson and Van Niekerk [16] 2013 Unintentional drowning in urban South Africa: A retrospective investigation, 2001 -2005 Garrib et al [53] 2011 Injury mortality in rural South Africa 2000 -2007: Rates and associated factors Groenewald et al [42] 2016 Linking mortuary data improves vital statistics on cause of death of children under five years in the Western Cape Province of South Africa Lin et al [17] 2015 Unintentional drowning mortality, by age and body of water: An analysis of 60 countries Lu et al [13] 2010 Quality of cause-of-death reporting using ICD-10 drowning codes: A descriptive study of 69 countries Meel [14,50] 2008 Drowning deaths in Mthatha area of South Africa (plus erratum) Meel [51] 2008 Unnatural deaths among children in the Transkei region of South Africa Morris et al [15] 2016 Drowning in Pretoria, South Africa: A 10-year review Pretorius and Van Niekerk [40] 2015 Childhood psychosocial development and fatal injuries in Gauteng, South Africa Reid et al [41] 2016 Where do children die and what are the causes? Under-5 deaths in the Metro West geographical service area of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2011 Streatfield et al [52] 2014 Mortality from external causes in Africa and Asia: Evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System Sites [32] 2003 A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa: Fourth annual report of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System 2002 MRC-UNISA [33] 2004 A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa: Fifth annual report 2003 of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System MRC-UNISA [34] 2005 A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa: Sixth Annual report of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System 2004 MRC-UNISA [36] 2008 A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa 2007 MRC-UNISA [37] 2009 A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa 2008 MRC-UNISA [43] 2009 A profile of fatal injuries in Mpumalanga MRC-UNISA [47] 2010 A profile of fatal injuries in Gauteng 2009 MRC-UNISA [45] 2012 A profile of fatal injuries in Mpumalanga 2010 MRC-UNISA [46] 2013 A profile of fatal injuries in Mpumalanga 2011 MRC-UNISA…”

“…In these five cities, the child drowning mortality rate (3.2 per 100 000 population) was more than double the adult drowning mortality rate (1.5 per 100 000) across this time period. Morris et al [15] performed a 10-year retrospective review of drowning mortality (both intentional and unintentional) in Pretoria and reported 278 confirmed drowning fatalities between 2002 and 2011, representing 1.2% of the caseload for the relevant inland, urban medicolegal laboratory.…”

The Evaluation of the Corpses Pulled Out of Water in Province of Muğla

“…Deniz ve sudan yararlanılan mevsim ve aylarda daha fazla olması yapılan diğer çalışma-lar ile uyumludur. [1][2][3][4][5][7][8][9] Bu çalışmada, denizden yararlanılan aylar dışında Aralık ayının vaka sayısı bakımından üçüncü sırada yer aldığı saptanmıştır. Bu farklılığın, Aralık ayında mülteci teknesinin batması sonucu 28 bireyin suda boğulmasından kaynaklandığı düşünülmektedir.…”

“…15 Yapılan diğer çalışmalarda da boğulma vakalarında etil alkolün önemli bir risk faktörü olduğu vurgulanmıştır. [4][5][6][7][8][9] Yüzme bilmek boğulmaya karşı tamamen koruyu faktör olmamaktadır. Bireylerin 46'sının yüzme bildiği bilinmektedir.…”