Drowning death rates among children in the U.S. 1999 to 2019, by gender
Between 1999 and 2019, the drowning death rate among kids aged 17 years and younger decreased in the U.S., although the rate has remained higher among males, reaching 1.4 per 100,000 in 2019, compared to 0.6 per 100,000 among females. This statistic illustrates the rate of unintentional deaths by drowning among children and adolescents in the U.S. from 1999 to 2019, by gender (per 100,000).