RT Book, Section A1 Desai, Sameer A1 Wardrop, Mary A1 Cunningham, Thomas A2 Stone, C. Keith A2 Humphries, Roger L. A2 Drigalla, Dorian A2 Stephan, Maria SR Print(0) ID 1106019926 T1 Submersion Injuries T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatric Emergency Medicine YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071799454 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106019926 RD 2024/03/28 AB The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates the annual incidence of death by drowning to be approximately 500,000 a year worldwide; and in males aged 5-14 years, the leading cause of death worldwide. The pediatric population is most at risk for drowning events. Submersion injuries are the second leading cause of death from unintentional injuries in children aged 1-18 years, and leading cause of accidental death in children aged 1-4 years. For 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 983 fatal and 5,624 nonfatal injuries due to unintentional drowning or submersion injuries in the pediatric population.