Pool safety statistics

• More than 280 children under the age of 5 drown in a swimming pool each year.
  
  
• An estimated 2,100 children were treated in hospital emergency rooms in 2005 for pool submersion injuries.
  
  
• In 2005, 17 drowning deaths involving inflatable pools were reported.
  
  
• Nearly 77 percent of drowning victims are missing for only five minutes.
  
  
• Almost 70 percent of drowning victims were not seen near the pool before the incident occurred.
  
  
• All parents should learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
  
  

Statistics provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site at www.cpsc.gov.