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Research
Water incident related hospital admissions across
England between 1997/8 and 2003/4: a retrospective
descriptive study.
Holly Henderson, Richard C Wilson. 2005
No one has ever reported or investigated the number of people who have been admitted to hospital for a water related incident. The purpose of this paper is to examine, the number of admissions relating to length of stay, gender, age and cause.
A copy of the full report is available online .
The epidemiology of non intentional inland drowning on open water in Great Britain between 1989 - 2001
Holly Henderson, Richard Wilson, Peter Cornall. 2005
Inland water sites are the most common location for drowning in Great Britain. In the 13 years from 1989 to 2001, 3,556 people have drowned in the lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams and canal. The purpose of this paper is to examine the demography, geography, timing and cause of these drownings.
Sibert et al : Presented at the 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Vienna, 2004.
Using RoSPA press cutting data a comparison was made between British children drowning abroad and British children drowning in this country. The study concluded that many more British children drown whilst swimming abroad than in municipal pools in Britain.
Henderson et al: Presented at the International Boating and Water Safety Summit, Las Vegas, 2003.
Data was drawn from the RoSPA/RLSS UK drowning statistics, suicides were excluded and the epidemiology behind the drownings was examined. The study concluded that inland water drowning is a male phenomenon and is a seasonal affliction consistent with warmer months and the holiday period.
Sibert et al: BMJ: 324(7345): 1070-1, 2002
A comparison of deaths by drowning in children was made between those in 1988-89 and those in 1998-99 by combining information from national statistics and RoSPA/RLSS UK data. The study found that the number of children dying from drowning in the UK had fallen over the 10 year period. Drownings in pools abroad and in garden ponds did however remain a concern. The full report is available online .
Watersports and Leisure Participation Survey 2006
The consortium-based approach to conducting research in watersports and water-based leisure participation is now into its 5th year and continues to be an invaluable piece of research information for the recreational maritime sector. In 2006, we have, for the first time, included trend lines for gender and age participation and on top of that we have added seasonal data to provide an indication of numbers participating throughout the various seasons.
The ability to capture information over an extended period of time is now providing us with more robust statistics, analysis of which supports the assertion that the recreational maritime market has a significantly large customer base. Further analysis of this research will, when compared against reliable water-related accident data, also provide valuable evidence to help support inter-agency safety promotion work.
A copy of the full report is available to download in
PDF format (535 KB).
Sport England
The Active People Survey is the largest ever survey of sport and active recreation to be undertaken in Europe. It is a telephone survey of 363,724 adults in England (aged 16 plus) and is unique in providing reliable statistics on participation in sport and active recreation for all 354 Local Authorities in England (a minimum of 1,000 interviews were completed in every Local Authority in England). The survey provides by far the largest sample size ever established for a sport and recreation survey and will allow levels of detailed analysis previously unavailable. For more information and background to the survey visit: www.activepeoplesurvey.com
BMF,MCA,RNLI and RYA,sponsored by Sunsail
Over a quarter of the UK adult population now spend some of their leisure time in ways closely linked to our coast and inland waterways. This year's results suggest that while a slightly fewer people are participating in some activities, those who do participate go more often. This survey is based upon a nationally representative sample of 12,000 respondents across the United Kingdom. This survey covers 21 activities and follows on from the work in the MCA Omnibus survey in 2005 and the 2003 BMF / RYA Watersports survey (both below). This survey gives a robust estimate of the size and type of participation in watersports and water related leisure activity in the UK. A copy of the full report is available to download in PDF format (459 KB).
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is tasked with reducing the frequency and severity of incidents within the UK Search and Rescue region (UKSRR) and on UK shipping wherever in the world they operate. This report presents the findings from the data captured through the national omnibus survey, from a representative sample of 6-12,000 members of the GB public aged 16+. The data doesn't’ include foreign holidaymaker activities in the UK. The sample was designed to reflect the socio-economic make up of the British Population. The omnibus survey on which the questions are placed is carried out in England, Scotland and Wales, it does not include respondents from Northern Ireland.
A full copy of the report is available to download in PDF format (353 kb).
The purpose of this survey is to provide a robust estimate of the level of participation in Watersports. A baseline survey was conducted in 2002. The 2003 results offer the first opportunity to track annual trends by sport. The data on which the analysis has been based comes from a nationally representative sample of 5929 respondents across England, Scotland and Wales. The sample was designed to reflect the socio-economic make up of the British Population. A copy of the full report is available to download in PDF format (125 KB).
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