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Memorial Day Beach Trips: Drowning Rates For Maryland - Baltimore, MD - Travelers from Maryland can take note of the risks associated with visits to lakes and beaches as summer 2021 approaches.
UpdatedTue, May 25, 2021 at 9:03 am CT
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Texas saw 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people due to drowning in 2019, the most recent year in which data is available from WorldLifeExpectancy.com. (Shutterstock)
AUSTIN, TX Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and lake season for Texas has residents looking forward to even warmer weather.
The excitement for this time of year is tempered by the risk for those visiting Lake Austin and Lake Travis as the grim reminder remains that people have lost their lives by drowning in Texas.
Texas saw 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people due to drowning in 2019, the most recent year in which data is available from WorldLifeExpectancy.com, a website that tracks the leading causes of deaths among Americans. The Lone Star State ranks 18th out of the 40 states the drowning statistics track.
Memorial Day 2021: Drowning Rates For Lake Lanier, Safety Tips - Cumming, GA - Travelers to Lake Lanier can take note of the risks associated with visits to the lake as summer 2021 approaches.
UpdatedWed, May 19, 2021 at 1:05 pm ET
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A beach current warning sign in Viera, Florida is shown here. Florida is among the five states with the highest drowning rates per 100,000 people, data from WorldLifeExpectancy.com shows. (Maria Cormack-Pitts/Patch)
ACROSS AMERICA Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and lake and beach season has Americans all over the country looking forward to even warmer weather.
The excitement for this time of year is tempered by the risk for those visiting natural bodies of water, as the grim reminder remains that people have lost their lives by drowning.
WorldLifeExpectancy.com, a website that tracks the leading causes of deaths among Americans, has ranked 40 states on the number of drowning deaths reported per 100,000 people in 2019, the most recent year in which data is available.