Land motor vehicle-related fatal drowning in Finland: A nation-wide population-based survey

Figures & data

Figure 1. a. Land motor-vehicle accident-related drowning in Finland: 1971–2013 (3-year moving average). b. Other land motor-vehicle accident (LMVA) and other drowning in Finland 1971–2013 (3-year moving average).

Figure 2. Relative monthly distribution of land motor-vehicle accident (LMVA)-related drowning and other unintentional drowning, in Finland, 1971–2013. The dotted line refers to the monthly distribution of other fatal LMVA, based on SF on-line data, for the period 2003–2013 [Official Statistics of Finland: Statistics on Road Traffic Accidents] [accessed 2020 Apr 7]. http://www.stat.fi/til/.

Figure 3. Relative age distribution of land motor-vehicle accident (LMVA)-related drowning, other unintentional drowning, and other fatal LMVA in Finland, 1971–2013.

Table 1. Finland 1996–2013. Land motor-vehicle accidents (LMVA)-related drowning (n = 207): contributing factors to death by main group of vehicle involved.

	Snowmobile (n = 89)		Passenger car (n = 87)		Industrial vehicle (n = 24)		Motorbike (n = 7)		All vehicles (n = 207)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Alcohol	45	50.6	37	42.5	6	25.0	2	28.6	90	43.5
Hypothermia	15	16.9	4	4.6	1	4.2	0	–	20	9.7
Injuries	0	–	11	12.6	1	4.2	2	28.6	14	6.8
Chronic disease	7	7.9	8	9.2	2	8.4	1	14.3	18	8.7
Other drugs	1	1.1	7	8.0	0	–	1	14.3	9	4.3