Prepared for the World Academy of Safety & Health. Refreshed daily from official sources. Generated —.
Type a question in plain English and get a written answer, a graph, and a data table — e.g. “drowning deaths by age group”, “which state had the most drownings in 2024”, “male vs female”, “caribbean drowning deaths by country”. Results can be downloaded and shared.
Bar view — same data as the line graph above.
Source records sex as male/female.
Annual deaths by where the drowning occurred, from the underlying cause code. Totals may not match the headline figure because some records lack a specified setting.
Click a state for its annual trend, national rank, and share of US drowning deaths.
Most recent year reported by each country — the year differs by country, see the table below.
⚠ This panel counts how often drowning appears in world news coverage. It is NOT a count of drowning incidents or deaths.