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> Sounds impressive until you remember that 55,000 children drown in backyard swimming pools every year.

Where? Not in the US - the total number of drownings (including adults and other bodies of water) is under 4k/year.

http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Water-Safety/wa...

I agree with the sentiment expressed - I'm just quibbling with the numbers used to support it.



Hm. I distinctly remember that number from a talk but I can't find a reference. The closest I found is this:

http://www.lifesaving.com/issues/articles/13swimming_pool_dr...

.. which has the high number but is hard to interpret and doesn't cite its own sources. It does sound surprisingly high, though, I'll change my comment to "thousands", which I hope you'll agree is "safe".


You remember that number from Freakanomics I bet.

Levitt cited that when talking about gun deaths in the US, though I'm not sure if you have the figure right.


Ah! That is almost certainly it. I think from his TED talk actually.

Thanks, that had been driving me nuts.




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