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Drowning as a community health issue

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Summer is over but consider the 'community of individuals who cannot swim' and think of children near water as a 'community.'

To all of you who have loved statistics, here is a statistical web site that talks about child drowning: http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/psyc/minisample2.html

Where does your state fall? Why do you think that is?

I live in Washington state.

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In the given website Washington state has a drowning rate of 3.28 (compared to the average of 2.83 with a standard deviation of 2.03). This would indicate that Washington state does not have statistically significantly more death by drowning than the ...

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