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Louisiana Sees 60% Spike in Child Drownings in 2020

Louisiana Sees 60% Spike in Child Drownings in 2020 On 5/25/21 at 4:09 PM EDT There were 15 drownings in 2019 and 24 in 2020, according to the state Department of Health. Water safety and drowning prevention efforts remain as important as ever, especially as families return to water activities at pools, lakes and beaches, Doctor Joseph Kanter, state health officer, said in a statement. Louisiana s latest numbers confirm that most child drownings occur in the warmer months and among children ages 1-4. This year, I urge everyone to take critical steps to reverse the upward trend in fatal child drownings. Read more Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that from 2017 to 2019 Louisiana had the fourth highest drowning rate for children one years old to 14 years old in the United States. Downing is the third leading cause of death for Louisiana children in the one-to-fourteen age group.

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