In the 2023 financial year, 69 percent of people who drowned in swimming pools in Australia were swimming or recreating. In the same year, just three percent of people who drowned in swimming pools were diving.
Distribution of drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia in financial year 2023, by activity
Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017
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Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). (September 12, 2023). Distribution of drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia in financial year 2023, by activity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/999307/australia-swimming-pool-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). "Distribution of drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia in financial year 2023, by activity." Chart. September 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/999307/australia-swimming-pool-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). (2023). Distribution of drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia in financial year 2023, by activity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/999307/australia-swimming-pool-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). "Distribution of Drowning Deaths in Swimming Pools in Australia in Financial Year 2023, by Activity." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/999307/australia-swimming-pool-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia), Distribution of drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia in financial year 2023, by activity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/999307/australia-swimming-pool-drowning-deaths-by-activity/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Distribution of drowning deaths in swimming pools in Australia in financial year 2023, by activity [Graph], Royal Life Saving Society (Australia), September 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/999307/australia-swimming-pool-drowning-deaths-by-activity/