Risky business: a 15-year analysis of fatal coastal drowning of young male adults in Australia.
Jasmin C LawesAnnabel EllisShane DawLuke StrasiottoPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2020)
Unsafe behaviours alongside certain activities or locations create deadly combinations of risk factors. A relationship between age, activity, attitude and affluence is proposed, where young males drown more in affordable activities with fewer regulations. Our results support multilevel strategies (spanning life stages) to reduce young male coastal drowning.