Global Drowning Mortality and Legislation Indicators for 127 Countries

127 countries are represented in this cross-sectional dataset compiled from World Health Organization reports. It contains national legislation indicators and covariates to explore associations with drowning mortality rates. The dataset was authored by Ryan Essex and last updated on March 25, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between drowning mortality and per-capita alcohol use based on the IRR values provided.
• Assessing the protective effect of access to safe water and sanitation infrastructure on drowning rates.
• Exploring interaction effects between institutional governance capacity and specific legislation like pool fencing.
• Conducting random-forest or other multivariate analyses on country-level legislative and structural indicators.

Strengths

• Includes data for 127 countries, providing a global cross-section.
• Integrates multiple indicator types: legislative, economic, environmental, governance, and health-system.
• Model results, such as IRR values for key covariates, are included in the dataset.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, requiring inspection after download.
• The dataset is 9.5 KB, indicating a very limited scope and likely a summary of model outputs rather than raw data.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO) Global and Regional Status Reports on Drowning.

Collection Method

Secondary analysis of cross-sectional data assembled from WHO reports and other indicators.

Time Range

The cross-sectional nature suggests a single time point, but the specific year is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:37:43

Geography

Global coverage across 127 countries.