Water Safety
Drowning Facts
- Nationwide, more than 300 children under five years old drown annually.
- 65% of drownings usually occured in a pool owned by the child's family. 35% occurred in a friend's or relative's pool .
- At the time of the accident, most victims were being supervised by one or both parents.
- Drowning can occur quickly and silently. A child can drown in the time it takes to answer the phone. A majority (75%) of the victims had been "out of sight" for five minutes or less.
From How to Plan for the Unexpected: Preventing Child Drownings, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Publication No. 359, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998, Washington, DC 220207, 301-504-0580
Drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death among children under the age of fourteen and the leading cause of accidental death among children under the age of five. We here at the Seth Foundation are committed to reducing these statistics that affect the lives of our children.
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