Drowning and other injuries related to aquatic activities at ages 55 years and older in Australia

James E Harrison
Renate Kreisfeld
Geoffrey Henley

May 2009
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Canberra
AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 125

A little over one-quarter of all drowning deaths in Australia and one eighth of hospitalised non-fatal drowning cases occur at ages 55 years and older. This report describes the occurrence of such cases during several years (nine for deaths and five for hospitalised cases). It also describes hospitalised non-drowning injuries in relation to aquatic activities and places.

The report is available as a PDF document (~417 Kb).

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