Situation of Child Drowning in Thailand, 1.39Mb

SITUATION OF CHILD DROWNING IN THAILAND 

SITUATION OF CHILD DROWNING IN THAILAND

First printing:
October 2014
Number of pages:
18

Advisor:
Dr. Panuwat Panket

Editors:
Mrs. Suchada Gerdmongkolgan
Ms. Som Ekchaloemkiet

Cover design:
Ms.Thitima Khuntasin

Copyright:
Bureau of Non-Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public

Health, Thailand
Tiwanon Road, Mueang District, Nonthaburi Province 11000, Thailand
www.thaincd.com

Suchada Gerdmongkolgan and Som Ekchaloemkiet, Bureau of Non-Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.

SITUATION OF CHILD DROWNING IN THAILAND 

Contents
Page
Summary

1

Situation of Child Drowning in Thailand

3

ƒ Mortality

3

• Trends in mortality

3

• Provinces

3

• Gender

7

• Age

7

ƒ Case-fatality rate

10

ƒ Time of drowning

11

• Month

11

• Day of incident

12

• Time of incident

13

ƒ Location of drowning injuries

14

• Water sources

14

• Sites of drowning injuries

15

ƒ Risks of alcohol consumption

16

ƒ Accessibility to medical care

17

Suchada Gerdmongkolgan and Som Ekchaloemkiet, Bureau of Non-Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.

SITUATION OF CHILD DROWNING IN THAILAND 

List of Tables
Page
Table 1:

Numbers and rates of child drowning deaths (per 100,000 children

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