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Table 4 Distributions of drowning deaths as per personal history (n = 176)

From: Epidemiological profile of drowning deaths: a cross sectional study

Personal History

Male (n = 125)

Female (n = 51)

Total (n = 176)

Cases

%

Cases

%

Cases

%

Familial and Financial problems

27

21.60

10

19.60

37

21.02

Depression

31

24.80

5

9.80

36

20.45

Chronic alcoholism

32

25.60

0

0.00

32

18.18

Chronic illness

18

14.40

13

25.49

31

17.61

Psychiatric illness

5

4.00

8

15.68

13

7.38

Failure in love

4

3.20

2

3.92

6

3.40

Epilepsy

0

0.00

1

1.96

1

0.56