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After decades of decline, accidental drowning rates are rising in the US, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. With Americans getting ready to hit swimming pools and ...
The six-year-old died in 2008 nine months after her injury despite subsequent surgeries. Scott and Katey Taylor, her parents, lobbied for the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, which was passed the year of Abigail's injury. [9] Salma Bashir 2008 During a holiday with her family, she was disemboweled while in the kids' swimming pool.
• The youngest people: Children 1 to 4 have the highest drowning rates, the CDC says, mostly in swimming pools. • Males: They account for nearly 80% of fatal drownings in the United States.
Will Sinnott, bass player and keyboardist for The Shamen, who drowned while swimming in the Canary Islands in 1991. Kiyoshi Nishimura, Japanese film maker, committed suicide on November 17, 1993. Tom Mees, longtime sportscaster for ESPN, drowned while trying to rescue his 4-year-old daughter in a neighbor's swimming pool, in 1996. The daughter ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
With these statistics in mind, The Tribune created a list of do's and don'ts while swimming at the lake. Tessa Tierney of Valparaiso, center, wades in Lake Michigan at Silver Beach County Park on ...
A pool contractor should verify that the pool and/or spa is in compliance with the federally mandated Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act which takes effect December 19, 2008. If the pool is not in compliance, the necessary steps should be taken to comply with the Act, which, in essence, specifies that:
Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury and death worldwide, and the highest rates are among children. Overall, drowning is the most common fatal injury among children aged 1–4 years in the USA, [8] and is the second highest cause of death altogether in that age range, after congenital defects.