National trends in pediatric drowning — insights from the Israeli Ministry of Health registry-based cohort
• Pediatric drowning in Israel, with a 9% mortality rate, revealed a biphasic rate varied by sex and is higher in coastal regions and during winter and spring. • There was a notable increase in drowning incidents during the last 3 years of the study period (2020-2022), coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Ayala Yahav
- Uri Pollak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4575-3888)
- Ziona Haklai
- Malena Cohen‐Cymberknoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7119-5675)
- Ezra Weinblatt
- Joel Reiter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2565-4185)
- Rebecca Brooks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8281-6788)
- Yael Applbaum
- Adi Avniel-Aran
- Shulamit Gordon
Institutions
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
- Israel Ministry of Health (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-024-05771-5
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09
Funders
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem