For children younger than 15, an average of 371 pool- or spa-related fatal drownings occurred each year.
is the leading cause of death among children aged 1 to 4 years old in the United States, and too many older children continue to die in the water, according to a new report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission .
Pools, hot tubs and the like contribute to thousands of visits to emergency rooms annually. Through 2022, there were an estimated 6,300 pool- or spa-related hospital emergency department-treated, nonfatal drowning injuries each year. About 76% of these nonfatal drowning injuries involved children younger than age 5.
“CPSC urges parents and caregivers to follow Pool Safely safety steps. And I especially encourage everyone to use layers of protection,” Hoehn-Saric said.
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