Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2002

Table 9.2: Activity undertaken during which the person drowned, by county, based on deaths from 1997 to 2001.



 
Hereford and Worcester
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Region

Water based activities

           

Boating

1

3

2

1

2

9

Canoeing

1

1

2

Deliberate Access

2

2

2

6

Immersion Watersport Other

1

1

Sub Aqua

1

1

1

3

Swimming

2

1

2

2

6

13

Wading

1

1

Waterside activities

Fishing

1

1

2

Walking

2

2

In Voluntary Access

6

1

4

11

In Vehicle

2

2

3

4

11

Unknown and 'found'

8

5

5

10

12

40

Overall

17

15

15

19

35

101

 

Source: RoSPA



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