Did You Know?

The following statistics and data are some of the reasons why learning how to swim is an important life skill - and lifelong activity:

• Thirty-six percent of children aged 7-17 years, and 15% of adults in the United States, swim at least six times per year.
• Swimming is the fourth most popular recreational activity in the United States.
• Swimming is the most popular recreational activity for children and teens (ages 7-17).
• About 91 million people over the age of 16 swim in oceans, lakes, and rivers each year in the United States.
• Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury death among children aged 1–14 years.
• According to the U.S. Coast Guard, there were just short of 12 million registered recreational boating vessels in the United States in 2016.
   

Sources include: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);  more information can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/publications.html#one and The World Health Organization (WHO); more information can be found at https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drowning.