NDPA Water Safety Information

 Children ages 1–4 have the highest drowning rates. Most drownings in children 1–4 happen in swimming pools.2 Drowning can happen even when children are not expected to be near water, such as when they gain unsupervised access to pool 

 Nearly 80% of people who die from drowning are male. 

Texas had 76 drowning deaths in 2022.

A four-sided isolation fence which separates the pool area from the house and yard reduces a child’s risk of drowning by 83% compared to three-sided property-line fencing (which encloses the entire yard, but does not separate the pool from the house). 

Drowning is preventable.