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- Drowning remains the second leading cause of unintentional injury related
death in children 14 years of age and younger ( *
Centers for Disease Control,
national statistics for the year 2000)
- Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury related death
in infants under the age of one.* More than half of these occur in bath tubs.
Infants can also drown in toilets and buckets due to the disproportionate
weight of their head.
- Older children are more likely to drown in open water sites, such as retention
ponds or lakes.
- The majority of drowning and near-drowning incidents occur in residential
swimming pools.
- Approximately 10% of childhood drownings occur in bath tubs and the majority
occur in the absence of adult supervision
- The majority of children who drown were last seen in the home, had been
missing for less than five minutes, and were in the care of one or both parents
at the time of the drowning.
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- NEVER leave children unsupervised around water.
- Keep rescue equipment available, and know how to use it.
- Teach children to swim at an early age.
- Ensure children use personal floatation devices.
- Install four-sided isolation fencing with self-latching gates.
- Always follow any rules that are posted.
- Never dive in water is less than 9 feet deep.
- Know the bodies of water in your area.
- Work as groups to monitor ponds in your neighborhood.
- Educate your children about water hazards.
- Never let children wade or swim in a retention/detention pond.
- Don't let children play on an ice covered body of water.
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