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Abstract

Drowning is defined as a process with consequences ranging from death to survival without continuous injury. This study was conducted to determine the mortality rate and the years of life lost (YLL) due to drowning in Fars Province.

All deaths due to drowning in Fars Province were obtained from the electronic population-based death registration system (EDRS). Crude and age-standardized mortality rate, YLL, and YLL rate data were calculated, and joinpoint regression was used to examine the trend.

During the study period (2004–2019), 910 deaths due to drowning occurred in Fars Province. Of these, 80.5% (733 cases) were reported in men and 41.0% (373 cases) were in the age group of 15–29 years. Crude mortality rate had decreasing trends in male and stable trends in female. The total YLL due to drowning during the 16-year study period were 19,583 (0.62 per 1000 people) in men and 4797 (0.15 per 1000 people) in women. According to the joinpoint regression analysis, the 16-year trend of YLL rate due to premature mortality in males was decreasing. The annual percent change (APC) was -6.0% [95% confidence interval (95% CI) -8.4 to -3.5, < 0.001] and stable trends in female (APC = - 5.4%; 95% CI -11.8 to 1.4, = 0.108).

Although the trend of crude and standardized mortality rates and YLL due to drowning in men decreased during 2004–2019, these trends have been constant in women. Therefore, the need to invest in the implementation and evaluation of drowning prevention interventions cannot be ignored.

© 2024 Azarbakhsh, Maleki, Dehghani, Hassanzadeh, Dehghani, Mirahmadizadeh, Licensee HBKU Press.
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Trend analysis of drowning mortality and years of life lost (YLL) in the south of Iran, 2004–2019
Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care 2024, 16 (2024); https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2024.16
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Keyword(s): drowning, Iran, joinpoint regression, mortality rate and years of life lost

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