Facts about the Beach
Filed Under: Region Facts on August 4, 2009
- 1,000 people die in the world from drowning for every shark attack related death.
- In 2005, there was an average of 10 deaths per day from drowning.
- Males are four times more likely to die from drowning than females.
- In coastal states in the U.S., lightning strikes and kills more than 41 people per year.
- During an average year, vending machines fall and kill 13 people at the beach.
- 1,533 children are reported missing at the beach every year. It’s often due to kids wondering off or getting lost at crowded beaches.
- Florida has the most shark attacks out of all the states.
- One out of three beachgoers do not know how to swim.
- According the National Resource Defense Council, pollution cause 6,160 beach closings in 1999 in the U.S.
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