Most drowning deaths preventable: study
Posted Jun 27, 2014 7:15 am.
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A report out Friday by the Canadian Red Cross suggests 80 per cent of drowning deaths are preventable.
It suggests alcohol was a contributing factor in nearly 60 per cent of drownings for people over 15 years of age.
Life-jackets were not properly worn in more than 70 per cent of boating deaths.
Only 16 per cent of Canadian backyard pools met legal standards for fencing.
Eighty per cent of children who drowned in backyard pools were not being supervised by an adult at the time.
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