{"id":434560,"date":"2020-06-05T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T19:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=434560"},"modified":"2020-06-05T12:23:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T19:23:01","slug":"government-report-steady-rise-in-child-drownings-shows-need-for-vigilance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/government-report-steady-rise-in-child-drownings-shows-need-for-vigilance\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Report: \u2018Steady Rise\u2019 in Child Drownings Shows Need for Vigilance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/Newsroom\/News-Releases\/2020\/New-CPSC-Report-Finds-Steady-Rise-in-Fatal-Child-Drownings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released a report this week<\/a> showing a consistent rise in child drownings, sounding the alarm as summer approaches.<\/p>\n<p>The data covers fatal drownings in pools or spas per year from 2015 to 2017. It does not factor in anything trends related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also does not account for fatal drowning incidents that occur in bodies of open water.<\/p>\n<p>The report shows that the number of drownings of children aged 15 of younger increased gradually from 2015-17, with a spike to 395 reported fatalities in 2017. The average for the three-year span was 379 drownings per year. Residential pools were the site of 71 percent of incidents, indicating \u201ca gap in adult supervision\u201d that is preventable. The report uses the data to, \u201chighlight the need for continued vigilance in combating child drownings, particularly as many families prepare to spend more time at home this summer to curb the spread of COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Drowning remains the leading cause of unintentional death for children between the ages of 1 and 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater safety vigilance remains as important as ever, especially in light of ongoing public health concerns and community restrictions related to COVID-19,\u201d CPSC Acting Chairman <strong>Robert Adler<\/strong> said in press release. \u201cOur latest report confirms that most child drownings take place at home during the summer months. This year, with more families spending time at home, the delayed opening of many public pools, and a pause on many traditional group swimming lessons, I urge everyone to take critical safety steps to reverse the upward trend in fatal child drownings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though this report doesn\u2019t include data during the time period covered by COVID-19 lockdowns, it echoes the thoughts behind many campaigns to reopen pools. A national drive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimmers-call-on-trump-to-assist-in-opening-of-pools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which included letters<\/a> to President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> and Maryland Governor <strong>Larry Hogan<\/strong> signed by hundreds of swimming stakeholders, specifically cited water safety in the need to reopen pools expeditiously. Washington state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/citing-water-safety-washington-petitions-to-accelerate-pool-reopening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">push to reopen aquatic facilities<\/a> included a call out to the threat of swimmers using more dangerous natural waterways instead of pools this summer. And the effort to reopen pools in Rhode Island <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/news\/covid-19-doesnt-exist-in-a-chlorinated-pool-public-pools-reopen-in-ri-under-new-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">specifically cites a drowning incident in April<\/a> that increased the urgency.<\/p>\n<p>The CPSC release includes links to the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poolsafely.gov\/parents\/safety-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pool Safety tips<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/s3fs-public\/2020-Submersion-Report-4-29-20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full report (pdf) is viewable here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a report this week showing a consistent rise in child drownings, sounding the alarm as summer approaches. 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