Objective   To find out the distributive characteristics and the influencing factors of drowning among children aged during 1 and 14 in rural areas and to provide basis for the prevention and reduction of such incident.

  Methods   Selecting 20 towns were selected as a cluster sampling study.133 drow ning children were screened out aged 1~14 from JAN 1.2002 to DEC 31.2004.Astudy on the epidemiological feature of these drowning was conducted.

  Results   Boys was higher than girls.The majority occurred during the warmer months: summer and autumn.The places where drowning occurred was mainly at pond and river, Fall into water took the leading type of rural children drowning.Incidence site was the dominating site among these cases.The drowning prevention about safety water was short of.

  Conclusion   Intervent ion measures should be carried out to modify the influence factors of drow ning.