Abstract

SEGUNDO, Arnildo De Santana Só  and  SAMPAIO, Márcio Cardoso. Epidemiological profile of drowning on beaches in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 2012. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2015, vol.24, n.1, pp.31-38. ISSN 1679-4974.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the epidemiological profile and the frequency of drowning on beaches in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, covered by the Salvador Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamar) in 2012. METHODS: the described data were obtained from the database of Salvamar on drowning accidents. RESULTS: 733 people drowned in the period; victims were mostly male (65.5%), adolescents (40.8%), students (67.7 %) and inhabitants of Salvador (69.4%). Mean age was 22.2 years. Almost all cases were not fatal (98.9%) and the majority happened between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. (89.5%) in January (20.9%) and February (16.4%). CONCLUSION: this study indicated that Salvador had a high frequency of non-fatal drowning among males, youth and students. Summer time drowning prevention actions. should be focused on these vulnerable subgroups.

Keywords : Drowning; Health Profile; Epidemiology, Descriptive.

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