H2Os Foundation The H2Os Foundation is an all-encompassing aquatics program.  The goal is an emphasis on drowning prevention, a focus on the healthy lifestyle that can be achieved through aquatics, and potential for career education through an aquatics program that can be similarly financially rewarding as well as personally satisfying.  Here are some additional drowning statistics:

Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children between the age of one and 14. (Centers for Disease Control, 2003)

Nine people drown in the United States every day. (CDC)

Two-thirds of all drownings occur between May and August. (Orange County California Fire Authority)

Approximately 75% of child drownings occur because of a lapse of adult supervision of less than five minutes.

African-American children between the ages of five and 19 are 2.6 times more likely to drown than Caucasian children in the same age group. (Centers for Disease Control, 2003)

In the swimming pool, African-American boys, between the ages of 5-19 are 12-15 times more likely to drown than their Caucasian peers. (National Institute of Health, 2001)

Less than 1% of USA Swimming’s nearly 300,000 members are African-American, and less than 3% are Hispanic.

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