Trauma Survivors Network - provided by ATS

Survive. Connect. Rebuild.

A Program of the ATS

Pools

Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children ages 1 to 14 and the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children ages 1 to 4. According to a recent study, nearly nine in 10 drowning-related deaths occurred while a child was being supervised. Male children have a drowning rate more than two times that of female children. However, females have a bathtub drowning rate twice that of males