DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Drowning and submersion while in natural water
- Drowning and submersion while in natural water, home
- Drowning and submersion while in natural water, residen Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Lithuania: |
85.6269 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 2
|
Latvia: |
65.5022 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 3
|
Panama: |
39.4904 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 4
|
Moldova: |
35.9147 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 5
|
Estonia: |
33.7584 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 6
|
Romania: |
25.6605 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 7
|
Cayman Islands: |
22.5887 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 8
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
16.129 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 9
|
Slovakia: |
16.0191 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 10
|
Finland: |
14.9339 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 11
|
Cuba: |
14.6294 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 12
|
Hungary: |
14.1901 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 13
|
Poland: |
13.2787 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 14
|
Bahamas, The: |
13.2542 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 15
|
Bahrain: |
13.0748 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 16
|
Brazil: |
12.9652 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 17
|
Costa Rica: |
12.2012 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 18
|
Colombia: |
11.2213 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 19
|
Venezuela: |
10.8768 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 20
|
Iceland: |
10.11 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 21
|
Slovenia: |
8.95077 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 22
|
Croatia: |
8.67438 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 23
|
Japan: |
8.34269 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 24
|
Egypt: |
7.71553 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 25
|
Malta: |
7.52759 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 26
|
Ecuador: |
7.10865 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 27
|
New Zealand: |
6.93928 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 28
|
Denmark: |
5.33873 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 29
|
Mexico: |
4.69855 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 30
|
Austria: |
4.64264 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 31
|
Australia: |
4.47984 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 32
|
Spain: |
3.39605 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 33
|
Paraguay: |
3.1506 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 34
|
United States: |
3.04328 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 35
|
Nicaragua: |
2.74474 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 36
|
Czech Republic: |
2.73411 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 37
|
Sweden: |
2.55499 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 38
|
Canada: |
2.37769 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 39
|
Korea, South: |
2.3437 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 40
|
Luxembourg: |
2.13415 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 41
|
Argentina: |
2.12454 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 42
|
Puerto Rico: |
1.78982 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 43
|
Germany: |
1.57708 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 44
|
El Salvador: |
1.19314 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 45
|
Uruguay: |
1.17096 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 46
|
Chile: |
1.06376 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 47
|
Norway: |
0.653168 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 48
|
Kuwait: |
0.428082 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 49
|
Dominican Republic: |
0.220994 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 50
|
Georgia: |
0.213812 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 51
|
Israel: |
0.159312 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 52
|
United Kingdom: |
0.148906 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 53
|
Peru: |
0.143236 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
|
# 54
|
Netherlands: |
0.121899 deaths per 1 million peo |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
11.0 deaths per 1 million peo |
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DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
- Drowning and submersion while in natural water
- Drowning and submersion while in natural water, home
- Drowning and submersion while in natural water, residen Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.