World Report On Child Injury Prevention 2008

This joint WHO / UNICEF report was released in December 2008 and presents the current knowledge about the five most important causes of unintentional injury – drowning, road traffic, burns, falls and poisoning – and makes recommendations for action.

A copy of the World Report is available from the Resources panel at right. We encourage you to visit the World Health Organisation website where there is a wealth of further information around the report.

World Drowning Report 2007

The International Life Saving Federation is a global, non-profit federation of over 100 national lifesaving organisations around the world. This, the first World Drowning Report, aims to:

• define the current global drowning problem
• identify the current state of drowning mortality collection
• provide strategies to enhance and encourage better data collection
• provide opportunities for global learning from case profiles of countries with well-developed reporting systems and mechanisms

SLSA National Coastal Safety Report 2007

Surf Life Saving Australia National Surf Safety Report including coastal deaths & coastal drownings from the SurfGuard database cross-referenced with media and coroners information.  

Costs of Drowning - Injury in Western Australia (2003-2004)

The costs of accidental and near-drowning in Western Australia, a joint project between the Injury Prevention branch of the Dept of Health WA and the Injury Prevention Research Centre of the Univeristy of WA.

Drowning Report, NSW 2003

Report from the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia, NSW Branch.

Prevalence of Pools and Adequate Pool Fencing in the United States, 2001-2003

The objective of this study, by Julie Gilchrist and Karin Mack, was to estimate the proportion of U.S. households with access to a residential swimming pool and the prevalence of adequate pool fencing.

See also Pool Safety

Deaths and hospitalisations due to drowning, Australia 1999/00 - 2003/04

During this five year period an annual average of 370 people died in Australia as a result of drowning and an annual average of 618 we hospitalised. The report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is listed on the resources panel at right.