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Table 5 Comparison of demographic characteristics of Syndromic Surveillance Unintentional or Undetermined Intent Drowning visits with NVSS drowning fatality data for the Houston metropolitan area (2018–2021)

From: Using syndromic surveillance for unintentional and undetermined intent drowning surveillance in a large metropolitan area

 

UUID SS1 n (%) 2,055 (100.0)

NVSS2 n (%) 475 (100.0)

p-value

Male Sex

1,177 (57.3)

353 (74.3)

p < 0.05

Children 0–17 years

1,623 (79.0)

112 (23.6)

p < 0.05

Race*

 Black

307 (14.9)

111 (23.4)

p < 0.05

 White

1,280 (62.3)

327 (68.8)

 

Hispanic Ethnicity

742 (36.1)

114 (24.0)

p < 0.05

  1. Houston Health Department, National Syndromic Surveillance Program
  2. 1SS: UUID Syndromic Surveillance visits 2018–2021 Houston Health Department, National Syndromic Surveillance Program
  3. 2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), Mortality 2018–2021 on CDC WONDER Online Database
  4. Note: NVSS includes ICD-10 codes: V90, V92, W65-W74
  5. *Values for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native and other race are suppressed in NVSS due to low case counts
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Injury Epidemiology

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