Epidemiological profile of drowning deaths: a cross sectional study

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 3 Distribution of drowning deaths as per socioeconomic status

Socioeconomic status^a	Male		Female		Total
Socioeconomic status^a	Cases	%	Cases	%	Cases	%
I / Upper class	5	4.00	6	11.76	11	6.25
II / Upper middle class	17	13.60	1	1.97	18	10.23
III / Lower middle class	17	13.60	9	17.64	26	14.77
IV / Upper lower class	48	38.40	14	27.45	62	35.23
V / Lower class	22	17.60	14	27.45	36	20.45
Not known	16	12.80	7	13.73	23	13.07
Total	125	100	51	100	176	100

^aAcoordong to B.G. Prasad’s classification for rural and modified Kuppuswami’s classification for urban population