Fatal Drowning in Brazilian Toddlers and Preschoolers in the City of Campina Grande
Drowning is one of the accidents with the greatest impact on health. The objective of this paper was to analyze drowning deaths involving children up to four years of age in Campina Grande, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was developed using secondary data, carried out at the Forensic Medicine Unit....
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doaj-4d4fb93e4f3e4810931582a3553afc602020-11-25T00:55:51ZengSciendoActa Facultatis Medicae Naissensis2217-25212018-06-0135212513110.2478/afmnai-2018-0014afmnai-2018-0014Fatal Drowning in Brazilian Toddlers and Preschoolers in the City of Campina GrandeCavalcanti Alessandro Leite0Batista de Oliveira Thaisy Sarmento1Batista de Oliveira Thaisy Sarmento2Gomes Muniz Kívia Gabriella3Cavalcanti Christiane Leite4Cabral Cavalcanti Alidianne Fabia5Post Graduate Program in Public Health, State University of Paraiba,Campina Grande, BrazilPost Graduate Program in Public Health, State University of Paraiba,Campina Grande, BrazilPost Graduate Program in Public Health, State University of Paraiba,Campina Grande, BrazilSchool of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba, Campina Grande, Brazil 3PhD Student, Federal University of Paraiba,Joao Pessoa, BrazilPhD Student, Federal University of Paraiba,Joao Pessoa, BrazilSchool of Dentistry, State University of Paraiba,Araruna, BrazilDrowning is one of the accidents with the greatest impact on health. The objective of this paper was to analyze drowning deaths involving children up to four years of age in Campina Grande, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was developed using secondary data, carried out at the Forensic Medicine Unit. All autopsy reports of children 0-4 years of age, victims of drowning in the period from 2008 to 2011 were evaluated. Data referring to the year of occurrence, victims’ gender and age, time of day, day of week and place of occurrence were collected. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics (frequency distribution). Ninety-three cases of fatal drowning were identified, of which 20 (21.5%) involved children under four years of age. Most victims were male (80%), aged one year (35%). The accidents occurred predominantly during the day (85%), mostly at home (75%). The drowning victims were mostly boys in the first year of life and most cases of drowning occurred at their homes.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/afmnai.2018.35.issue-2/afmnai-2018-0014/afmnai-2018-0014.xml?format=INTdrowningchildmortality |
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Fatal Drowning in Brazilian Toddlers and Preschoolers in the City of Campina Grande |
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Fatal Drowning in Brazilian Toddlers and Preschoolers in the City of Campina Grande |
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Fatal Drowning in Brazilian Toddlers and Preschoolers in the City of Campina Grande |
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Fatal Drowning in Brazilian Toddlers and Preschoolers in the City of Campina Grande |
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Fatal Drowning in Brazilian Toddlers and Preschoolers in the City of Campina Grande |
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fatal drowning in brazilian toddlers and preschoolers in the city of campina grande |
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Drowning is one of the accidents with the greatest impact on health. The objective of this paper was to analyze drowning deaths involving children up to four years of age in Campina Grande, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was developed using secondary data, carried out at the Forensic Medicine Unit. All autopsy reports of children 0-4 years of age, victims of drowning in the period from 2008 to 2011 were evaluated. Data referring to the year of occurrence, victims’ gender and age, time of day, day of week and place of occurrence were collected. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics (frequency distribution). Ninety-three cases of fatal drowning were identified, of which 20 (21.5%) involved children under four years of age. Most victims were male (80%), aged one year (35%). The accidents occurred predominantly during the day (85%), mostly at home (75%). The drowning victims were mostly boys in the first year of life and most cases of drowning occurred at their homes. |
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drowning child mortality |
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