Every summer weekend seems to bring stories of accidental drownings.
How common is drowning? From 1999 through 2010, a total of 46,419
deaths from unintentional drowning (including boating) occurred in the
United States, an average of 3,868 deaths per year. The average number
of deaths per day was higher on weekends, and men were more likely than
women to drown in a natural water source such as a lake or river. To
read more fascinating facts about drowning, see this page from the
Centers for Disease Control:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db149.htm
It might convince you to vacation in the desert this year. (But even the desert has bath tubs.)
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