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Monday, February 01, 2010

Reducing drowning deaths: the continued challenge of immersion fatalities in Australia

With the increased number of drownings over summer, it is interesting to read an article in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia. The article explores 5 years of drowning deaths in Australia compared with a previous Australian study a decade earlier, and looks to assess the feasibility of achieving a 50% reduction in unintentional drowning deaths by 2020.
More than half of drowning deaths (53.7%) were of visitors to the location and alcohol was involved in 21.6% of all drowning deaths.
Contact your library if you can't access the article.

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