Excerpt: “This report presents annual estimates of the number of emergency department-treated, pool- or spa-related, nonfatal drownings or submersion injuries that occurred between 2022 and 2024, involving children younger than 15 years of age. The report also sets forth the counts of reported pool- or spa-related fatal drownings or submersion fatalities that happened between 2020 and 2022 to children younger than 15 years of age. In addition, the report details the subset of drowning injuries and fatalities involving children younger than 5 years of age, excluding cases involving suction entrapment. The time periods for the injury estimates and the fatality statistics presented in this report differ due to a lag in fatality reporting.” (footnotes omitted)
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