Lethal accidents - Built-in swimming pools - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,017
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	237
Year 1998:	245
Year 1999:	228
Year 2000:	34
Year 2001:	210
Year 2002:	169
Year 2003:	227
Year 2004:	162
Year 2005:	74
Year 2006:	363
Year 2008:	29
Year 2010:	33

Lethal Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	885
6-15 years old:	197
16-25 years old:	76
26-50 years old:	528
50+ years old:	329

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/27/2010	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
14 MO M DROWNED IN BACKYARD SWIMMING POOL;DX SUBMERSION DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/14/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
2 YR F DROWNED IN SWIMMING POOL IN BACK YARD WHEN IN POOL WITH OTHER CH ILDREN;DX SUBMERSION DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/28/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
2 YR F DROWNED IN SWIMMING POOL WHEN AT HOME WITH GRANDMOTHER;DX SUBMER SION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SWIMMING POOL DX: ACCIDENTAL DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND IN FATHER'S SWIMMING POOL , POOL IS FENCED BUT NOT FROM ACCESS FROM HOUSE PT WAS DOA DX- DROWNING. INVESTIGATED BY FIELD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
FOUND IN SWIMMING POOL AT HOME DROWNING *
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT PRESENTED TO ER CODE 3 IN PROGRESS AFTER PT FOUND SUBMERGED IN SWIMMING POOL AT HOME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
8 YOM FOUND ON BOTTOM OF SWIMMING POOL AT COMMUNITY CENTER BY GRANDFATH ER, UNKNOWN "MISSING TIME", ATTEMPT RESCUSCITATION BY EMS UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools, Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN POOL AT ***HOTEL, FOUND AT BOTTOM OF POOLDX: CARDIOPULMO NARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND FACE DOWN UNRESPONSIVE IN THE NEIGHBORS SWIMMING POOL NO SIGNS OF LIFE DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/23/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
DROWNING-FELL INTO FAMILY POOL (IN GROUND POOL)-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/25/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND AT BOTTOM OF IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL, UNRESPONSIVE, DROWNING, DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND SUBMERGED IN THE BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL DEAD DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/15/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
FOUND BY FAMILY, LYING ON BOTTOM OF SWIMMING POOL, UNDERWATER, EMTS FOU ND PT NEXT TO POOL. DX:CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST, DOWNING VICTIM
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Built-in swimming pools
CARDIAC ARREST;MI/59YOM FOUND DOWN BY POOL AT A COLLEGE.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/15/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT FOUND IN BOTTOM OF SWIMMING POOL, SUBMERGED FOR UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
FOUND IN BOTTOM OF SWIMMING POOL DX: CP ARREST DUE TO DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools, Swimming
PT SWIMMING @ REC CENTER PT W/ HISTORY OF SEIZURES WAS FOUND @ BOTTOM OF POOL 2-3MIN NO HEART BEAT FFL CALLED PT DIED IN E.D. DX DROWNING ARR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PLAYING WITH DAUGHTER IN HOTEL POOL, DROWN DROWNING, CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Built-in swimming pools, Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL AT HOME, EXPERIENCED CHEST PAIN, GOT OUT AND COLLAPSED. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT FOUND IN APARTMENT BUILDING POOL, UNRESPONSIVE; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT AT A *** SWIMMING EVENT IN A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL FOUND ATT HE BOTTOM OF A POOL DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND SUBMERGED IN A SWIMMING POOL- DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
DROWNING-FOUND @ BOTTOM OF A HEATED POOL-HAD BEEN MISSING FOR 2 HOURS-E XPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND BY HIS WIFE IN THE BOTTOM OF A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL A T HOME DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools, Sliding glass doors or panels
PT CRAWLED THROUGH AN OPEN GLASS SLIDING DOOR AT HOME FOUND AT THE BOTT OM OF A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL SUBMERSION DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
WAS AT PARTY AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, JUMPED INTO DEEP END OF POOL, COULDN'T SWIM, EXPIRED IN ED AFTER NUMEROUS RESUS ATTEMPTS DX: DROWNING, DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
STUDENT PLAYING IN UNIVERSITY HOUSING SWIMMING POOL WITH FRIENDS. FOUND AT BOTTOM OF POOL. D: DROWNING. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/21/2001	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/07/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/07/2001	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/24/2001	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/26/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/18/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/08/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/12/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/29/1999	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools, Swimming
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/01/1999	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/13/1999	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/29/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/01/1999	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/01/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/14/1998	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/26/1998	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/26/1998	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/06/1998	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/30/1998	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/01/1997	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/21/1997	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/18/1997	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/27/1997	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/22/1997	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/13/1997	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/07/1997	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools, Fences or fence posts
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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