Drowning death rates among children in the U.S. 1999 to 2019, by ethnicity

In the United States, the death rate by drowning for kids 17 years and under was highest among non-Hispanic black children, reaching 1.6 deaths per 100,000 population in 2019. In contrast, the death rate for drowning among Hispanic children was 0.8 per 100,000 that same year. This statistic illustrates the rate of unintentional deaths by drowning among children and adolescents in the U.S. from 1999 to 2019, by ethnicity (per 100,000).