U.S. number of fatal unintentional drownings among younger people, 1999-2019, by age
From 1999 to 2019, there were 9,269 fatal unintentional drownings among children aged 1 to 4 years. Drowning is the second leading cause of death among children aged 1 to 4, after deaths from birth defects.
This statistic presents the number of fatal unintentional drownings among persons aged 29 and younger in the United States from 1999 to 2019, by age group.