Less children are falling victim to drowning accidents according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Pediatric hospitalizations from drowning-related incidents declined 51 percent from 1993 to 2008.
Less children are falling victim to drowning accidents according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Pediatric hospitalizations from drowning-related incidents declined 51 percent from 1993 to 2008.
Photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
A boy jumps into the water at Kosciuszko Pool in Brooklyn on a hot summer day in New York July 12, 2011.
A boy jumps into the water at Kosciuszko Pool in Brooklyn on a hot summer day in New York July 12, 2011. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
According to lead study author Stephen Bowman, PhD, MHA, important steps have been taken over the last two decades to reduce the risk of drowning, including the installation of four-sided pool fencing, the use of personal flotation devices, and the endorsement by public health authorities of childhood swim lessons.
Drowning accounts for over 1,000 pediatric deaths annually in U.S. and over 5,000 related injuries.
The study is published by the journal Pediatrics.
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