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Table 1 Annual incidence of non-uniform drowning terminology (NUDT) and non-uniform drowning definitions (NUDD) in peer-reviewed articles, 2010–2016, with comparison to previous study period (2003–2010)

From: The use of non-uniform drowning terminology: a follow-up study

Year

# of Articles

Terminology

Definitions

NUDT (%)

DDP

NUDD

2010a

15

4 (27)

6

1

2011

31

8 (25)

7

1

2012

22

8 (36)

9

1

2013

25

12 (48)

7

4

2014

29

11 (38)

7

1

2015

45

10 (22)

18

0

TOTAL

167

53 (32)c

54

8

2003-2010b

227

95 (42)c

37

19

  1. Abbreviatons: NUDT non-uniform drowning terminology, DDP drowning definition present, NUDD non-uniform drowning definition
  2. aData period starts on July 16, 2010
  3. bData period ends July 15, 2010, extracted from previous study [3]
  4. cFisher Exact test (2-tailed): p = 0.046