Research

Research

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Burden of fatal drowning in California,2005–2019
Injury Prevention
Koon, W., Stewart, O., Brander, R., Quan, L., & Peden, A. E. (2023). Burden of fatal drowning in California, 2005–2019. Injury preventionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-044862

Drowning Among Children 1–4 Years of Age in California, 2017–2021


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • WISQARS - Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System

US Consumer Product Safety Commission
The primary purpose of NEISS is to collect data on consumer product-related injuries occurring in the United States. CPSC uses these data to produce nationwide estimates of product-related injuries.




California Department of Public Health

The following are links to bar charts reflecting data generated reports by EPICenter online resource (2005-2020 for drowning deaths and 2006-2015 for non fatal drowning visits to Emergency Departments by county).

San Joaquin Valley Counties (Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and Tulare)

San Luis Obispo County (283,000)

San Mateo County (766,000)

Santa Barbara County (445,000)

Santa Clara County (1.9 million)

Santa Cruz County (273,000)

San Diego County (3.3 million)

Ventura County ( 846,000)

For the remainder of the 58 counties (Drowning Deaths and Non Fatal Emergency Room Statistics)

Alameda County (1.7 million)

Contra Costa County (1.2 million)

Fresno County (1.1 million) drowning and injury statistics
Fresno County Drowning Deaths 2005-2020

Kern County (893,000)

Los Angeles County (9.9 million)

Marin County (256,000)

Monterey County (433,000)

Orange County (3.2 million)

Riverside County (2.5 million)

Sacramento County (1.6 million)

San Bernardino County (2.2 million)

San Francisco County (875,000)

San Joaquin County (752,000)

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