The Size of the Problem
A.. Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death among children ages 1 to 4 and the second leading cause of death for children 14 and younger.
B.. For children under age 1, more than half of the drowning occur in the bathtub. Children this age also drown in toilets and buckets.
C.. For children ages 1 to 4, swimming pools account for 9 out of 10 drowning's.
D.. For children ages 5 to 14, swimming pools and open water, such as lakes and rivers, account for most drowning's.
E.. Among adolescent boys, alcohol is the major contributing factor in half of the drowning's.
F.. When drowning and near-drowning's in the United States are averaged over an entire year, 40 children die each week, 115 are hospitalized, and 12 suffer server brain damage.
