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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#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

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NOTES: These statistics are derived from official causes of death detailed on certificates of death by each country. Rather than being a true indicator of the number of deaths attributed to a particular cause, mortality statistics reveal more about a particular country's reporting processes.

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