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Drowning Statistics (Children 14 years and younger) |
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| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
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Drownings |
9 |
7 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
14 |
6 |
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Near Drownings* |
46 |
33 |
44 |
35 |
32 |
49 |
57 |
44 |
52 |
39 |
47 |
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Children 0-4 years old |
80% |
80% |
82% |
79% |
81% |
88% |
77% |
81% |
86% |
79% |
73% |
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Clark County fatality rate (per 100,000) 0-4 years old |
6.4 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
2.4 |
6.65 |
5.18 |
2.7 |
4.77 |
8.97 |
11.49 |
5.5 |
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United States fatality rate (per 100,000) 0-4 years old |
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- |
2.74 |
2.63 |
2.6 |
2.64 |
2.72 |
2.99 |
3.12 |
3.14 |
2.89 |
| *Twenty percent of near drownings that require hospitalization result in severe neurological damage. (Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) | |||||||||||
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