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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-18
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of the study was to describe the epidemiology of unintentional drowning in Italy in the period 1983-1997, in the age-group 0-4 years. We used mortality data from the Italian National Statistical Institute (ISTAT), and calculated the potential years of life lost (PYLL), for the single age-group and for all the children aged 0-4 years, following the CDC method (age limit 65 years). Only in 1983 the rate of mortality due to accidental drowning in the age-group 0-4 years was over 1.00 per 100,000 inhabitants (1.27). In the male sex the rate was over 1/100,000 in 1983 (1.93), 1984 (1.18) and 1989 (1.03). In the females the higher rate reached was 0.66/100,000 (1984). Considering both genders, the lower rate was reached in 1997 (0.33/100,000), and it was 0.42 for males (1992) and 0.07 for females (1988). Considering all ages, statistically significant differences in the mean death rates were found by sex (0.8/100,000 for males and 0.31/100,000 for females; t = 4.504; p < 0.0001). Considering the single age-groups, statistically significant differences in the mean death rates were found by sex only for 2, 3 and 4 years (respectively, p = 0.005; p = 0.001 e p < 0.0001). Considering all children, we estimated a PYLL of 15,750 years (PYLL for males representing 72.2%). The mean death rate for unintentional drowning in the age-group 0-4 years in Italy is lower than the mean vaues in other countries, but there is a clear need to lower this kind of death, that accounted for almost 16,000 PYLL in the period 1983-1997.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1120-9135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
521-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Epidemiology of unintentional drowning in children younger than 5 years in Italy].
pubmed:affiliation
Cattedra di Igiene, Università degli Studi di Cassino, FR. latorre@unicas.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract