The Sad Truth:

 

 

"Any given swimming pool is nearly 100 times more likely to kill a child than any given gun."

– FREAKONOMICS by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

 

 

 

"88% of child drownings occur under some form of  supervision."

– SafeKids Worldwide

 

 

 

Teaching a child to swim would seem to add a further layer of drowning protection. But there is no evidence that swimming ability reduces a child's chance of drowning. In fact, many of the drowned children in the CDC statistics knew how to swim.

 

"Learning to swim at the earliest reasonable age is a good idea," said Brewster, of the Lifesaving Association. "But kids who drown are often under 4 years old, and even if they can swim, they aren't strong enough to get themselves up and out of the pool in time."

– WebMD 

 

 

 

 

 

"In as little as 20 seconds a child can drown unnoticed. For an adult, it only takes about one minute."

– U.S. National Centers for Disease Control

 

 

 

 

 

"Drowning is the second-leading cause of injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years with nearly half of those children drowning in guarded pools. "

– Safe Wise Consulting 

 

 

 

 

"Testing indicates that less than 10% of lifeguards would identify a submerged object within 10 seconds."

– Safe Wise Consulting/ The Philadelphia Insurance Group.

 

 

 

 

"Drowning is a silent killer, with the victim often unable to cry out for help, wave their arms, or even alert the person next to them of their distress."
 

– US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

 

 

 

 

"For every fatality, 6-10 times more people suffer from permanent neurological injuries with an average lifetime care cost of over $4.5 million."

– American Academy of Pediatrics 2010

 

 

 

 

"Since 2007 the rate of drowning events continue to increase each year."

– CPSC: Pool or Spa Submersion: Estimated Injuries and Reported Fatalities 2010 Report

 

 

 

 

"On average each day in the U.S. more than 1 child dies from a drowning event."

– CPSC: Pool or Spa Submersion: Estimated Injuries and Reported Fatalities 2010 Report

 

 

 

 

"On average each day in the U.S. more than 11 children are injured from a drowning event."

– CPSC: Pool or Spa Submersion: Estimated Injuries and Reported Fatalities 2010 Report