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Global status report on drowning prevention 2024
December 30 , 2024
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- WHO published its first-ever global status report on drowning prevention.
- Three lakh people died by drowning in 2021 around the world (an estimated 30 every hour).
- Close to 92% of such deaths took place in low- and middle-income countries,
- The WHO’s South-East Asia Region (includes India) saw 83,000 deaths, or 28% of the global burden.
- But the drowning deaths declined 38% since 2000.
- The WHO’s European Region, for instance, saw a 68% drop, while the South-East Asia Region saw a decline of 48%.
- The Children aged under five accounted for the single largest share of drowning deaths (24%), with a further 19% of deaths among children aged five to 14, and 14% among young people aged 15 to 29.
- More than 7.2 million people, mainly the children, could die due to this by the year 2050 if current trends continue.
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