30% of all accidental drowning deaths were in the Interior Health Authority, BC Coroners Service says
The report, released Monday , details the 101 accidental drowning deaths in 2023 – up from 94 deaths in 2022 – as well as the 858 drowning deaths between 2013 and 2023. From 2013 to 2023, there was an annual average of 78 drowning deaths.
Fatal drownings were split equally between rivers and creeks or lakes and ponds, each with 28 per cent of all drownings between 2013 and 2023. It was followed 20 per cent of deaths in the ocean, 12 per cent in the bath, four per cent each in hot tubs and swimming pools and three per cent in a ditch.
The report adds that the most common activities associated with drowning deaths were boating, falling into water and swimming – each at 18 per cent of deaths. There were 158 drowning deaths related to boating, 155 related to falling into water and 152 from swimming.
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