US Consumer Product Safety CommissionVerified account

On average, an estimated 6,600 pool-or-spa related, hospital emergency department treated, nonfatal drowning injuries each year for 2016 through 2018, and 363 pool-or-spa related fatal child drownings reported per year for 2014 through 2016, involving children younger than 15.

Fatal incident rates spiked in 2016 with 389 reported fatalities involving children younger than 15, 74 percent of which involved children younger than 5.

The data identified June as the month with the highest fatality incident rate and that residential locations made up 72 percent of reported fatal drowning incidents.