With the long weekend, thousands of Filipinos spent the Holy Week in beaches, rivers and pools, but what should have been a convenient celebration ended tragic for some. Read this story by AdrianINQ to know more. INQFocus
Five people also died of drowning in San Jose, Camarines Sur. The police said the victims were swimming off a beach in Barangay Dolo when they encountered big waves. The body of another victim who went missing was retrieved last April 8.Fajardo, PNP spokesperson, said 72 deaths as of 6 p.m. on Sunday were higher than last year’s, stressing that most of the cases were in Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon.
Back in 2021, drowning was the second leading cause of death among children 5 to 9 years old, next to diseases of the nervous system, which claimed the lives of 488 children in that age group that year.Then among children 1 to 4 years old, it was the sixth leading cause of death, next to COVID-19 , diseases of the nervous system , diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin , congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities , and pneumonia .
Likewise, over half of the world’s drowning happens in the Western Pacific and Southeast Asia regions, with death rates being the highest in the former, and are 27 to 32 times higher than those seen in the United Kingdom or Germany, respectively. Based on PSA data, which was released last Feb. 24, 2,877 males died of accidental drowning and submersion in 2021, way higher than among females, which only saw 727 deaths.
Then in swimming pools and spas, “drowning or near-drowning and other injuries may occur close to outlets where suction is strong enough to catch body parts or hair so that the head is trapped underwater.”
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