Pool Safety and Child Drowning Facts
Stat: A child is roughly 100 times more likely to be killed by a swimming pool than a firearm. (Source: Freakonomics, 2005) Stat: In 2007, nearly 700 children fatally drown. For every child who dies from drowning, another four children are sent to the ER for nonfatal submersion injuries, many becoming permanently disabled. (Source: CDC) [...]