Drowning (per capita) statistics - countries compared

DEFINITION
Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Accidental drowning and submersion
Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion
Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion, merchant Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

Mortality Statistics > Drowning (per capita) (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Latvia:

138.428 deaths per 1 million peo

# 2

Lithuania:

126.494 deaths per 1 million peo

# 3

Russia:

117.369 deaths per 1 million peo

# 4

Bahamas, The:

86.1526 deaths per 1 million peo

# 5

Estonia:

72.018 deaths per 1 million peo

# 6

Moldova:

68.9113 deaths per 1 million peo

# 7

Kyrgyzstan:

68.014 deaths per 1 million peo

# 8

Cayman Islands:

67.766 deaths per 1 million peo

# 9

Belize:

67.5955 deaths per 1 million peo

# 10

Japan:

63.351 deaths per 1 million peo

# 11

Thailand:

57.1776 deaths per 1 million peo

# 12

Finland:

56.8639 deaths per 1 million peo

# 13

Romania:

53.8737 deaths per 1 million peo

# 14

Panama:

48.0892 deaths per 1 million peo

# 15

Barbados:

46.6167 deaths per 1 million peo

# 16

Uruguay:

43.6183 deaths per 1 million peo

# 17

El Salvador:

42.2073 deaths per 1 million peo

# 18

Costa Rica:

40.8367 deaths per 1 million peo

# 19

Chile:

40.5481 deaths per 1 million peo

# 20

Brazil:

38.0951 deaths per 1 million peo

# 21

Korea, South:

37.2114 deaths per 1 million peo

# 22

Ecuador:

37.1146 deaths per 1 million peo

# 23

Croatia:

34.9199 deaths per 1 million peo

# 24

Colombia:

34.4089 deaths per 1 million peo

# 25

Slovenia:

33.814 deaths per 1 million peo

# 26

Sweden:

33.6592 deaths per 1 million peo

# 27

Slovakia:

32.9589 deaths per 1 million peo

# 28

Poland:

31.8741 deaths per 1 million peo

# 29

Hungary:

30.8784 deaths per 1 million peo

# 30

Nicaragua:

30.5581 deaths per 1 million peo

# 31

Iceland:

30.3299 deaths per 1 million peo

# 32

Azerbaijan:

30.0809 deaths per 1 million peo

# 33

Egypt:

29.8687 deaths per 1 million peo

# 34

Norway:

29.6103 deaths per 1 million peo

# 35

Cuba:

29.5232 deaths per 1 million peo

# 36

New Zealand:

28.5006 deaths per 1 million peo

# 37

Mexico:

27.2968 deaths per 1 million peo

# 38

Czech Republic:

27.0481 deaths per 1 million peo

# 39

Venezuela:

27.0345 deaths per 1 million peo

# 40

Argentina:

26.0003 deaths per 1 million peo

# 41

Peru:

25.3169 deaths per 1 million peo

# 42

Denmark:

23.9323 deaths per 1 million peo

# 43

Dominican Republic:

22.7624 deaths per 1 million peo

# 44

Malta:

22.5828 deaths per 1 million peo

# 45

Austria:

21.8693 deaths per 1 million peo

# 46

Paraguay:

20.9515 deaths per 1 million peo

# 47

Spain:

19.9301 deaths per 1 million peo

# 48

Australia:

17.5709 deaths per 1 million peo

# 49

Netherlands:

15.6031 deaths per 1 million peo

# 50

United States:

15.5613 deaths per 1 million peo

# 51

Canada:

14.9367 deaths per 1 million peo

# 52

South Africa:

14.6581 deaths per 1 million peo

# 53

Germany:

13.4294 deaths per 1 million peo

# 54

Bahrain:

13.0748 deaths per 1 million peo

# 55

Puerto Rico:

13.0401 deaths per 1 million peo

# 56

Georgia:

11.3321 deaths per 1 million peo

# 57

Luxembourg:

10.6707 deaths per 1 million peo

# 58

Israel:

9.71802 deaths per 1 million peo

# 59

Kuwait:

7.70548 deaths per 1 million peo

# 60

Switzerland:

7.07705 deaths per 1 million peo

# 61

United Kingdom:

2.03504 deaths per 1 million peo

Weighted average:

37.5 deaths per 1 million peo

DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:

Accidental drowning and submersion
Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion
Accident to watercraft causing drowning and submersion, merchant Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

SOURCE: World Health Organisation Statistical Information System

Mortality Statistics > Drowning (per capita) (most recent) by country

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