<Ul> <Li> In the US: <Ul> <Li> Use of alcohol increases the risk of drowning . Among adolescents and adults, alcohol use is involved in almost a quarter of emergency department visits for drowning . </Li> <Li> Inability to swim: Participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning among children aged 1 to 4 years . </Li> <Li> Free access to water: Effective barriers prevent young children from gaining access to the water </Li> <Li> Ineffective supervision: Drowning can occur anywhere there is water, and even in the presence of lifeguards . </Li> <Li> Risk can vary with location depending on age . Children between 1 and 4 usually drown in home swimming pools . Drownings in natural water settings increase with age . More than half of drownings among those 15 years and older occurred in natural water environments . </Li> <Li> Failure to wear life jackets or personal flotation devices was implicated in 88% of the boating related drownings in the US during 2010 . </Li> <Li> For persons with seizure disorders, drowning is the most common cause of death by unintentional injury, largely in the bathtub . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> In the US: <Ul> <Li> Use of alcohol increases the risk of drowning . Among adolescents and adults, alcohol use is involved in almost a quarter of emergency department visits for drowning . </Li> <Li> Inability to swim: Participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning among children aged 1 to 4 years . </Li> <Li> Free access to water: Effective barriers prevent young children from gaining access to the water </Li> <Li> Ineffective supervision: Drowning can occur anywhere there is water, and even in the presence of lifeguards . </Li> <Li> Risk can vary with location depending on age . Children between 1 and 4 usually drown in home swimming pools . Drownings in natural water settings increase with age . More than half of drownings among those 15 years and older occurred in natural water environments . </Li> <Li> Failure to wear life jackets or personal flotation devices was implicated in 88% of the boating related drownings in the US during 2010 . </Li> <Li> For persons with seizure disorders, drowning is the most common cause of death by unintentional injury, largely in the bathtub . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Use of alcohol increases the risk of drowning . Among adolescents and adults, alcohol use is involved in almost a quarter of emergency department visits for drowning . </Li> <Li> Inability to swim: Participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning among children aged 1 to 4 years . </Li> <Li> Free access to water: Effective barriers prevent young children from gaining access to the water </Li> <Li> Ineffective supervision: Drowning can occur anywhere there is water, and even in the presence of lifeguards . </Li> <Li> Risk can vary with location depending on age . Children between 1 and 4 usually drown in home swimming pools . Drownings in natural water settings increase with age . More than half of drownings among those 15 years and older occurred in natural water environments . </Li> <Li> Failure to wear life jackets or personal flotation devices was implicated in 88% of the boating related drownings in the US during 2010 . </Li> <Li> For persons with seizure disorders, drowning is the most common cause of death by unintentional injury, largely in the bathtub . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Use of alcohol increases the risk of drowning . Among adolescents and adults, alcohol use is involved in almost a quarter of emergency department visits for drowning . </Li>

If you drown do you have water in your lungs