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Where do people drown? "Approximately 90% of drownings take place in freshwater (rivers, lakes and swimming pools) and 10% in seawater. Drownings in other fluids are rare, and often relate to industrial accidents. In New Zealand's early colonial history, so many settlers died while trying to...

Some may involve foul play. I think your other question was answered earlier. There are different types of bodies of water and climates where people actually go to swim and have safeguards that unwatched lakes/rivers that are not in "resort towns'' and may not be designated for swimming may not...

I think most of these cases are just drunk people walking into bodies of water and drowning. Instead of them getting behind the wheel and having a drunk driving accident, or getting into a violent fight, or falling down the stairs and suffering a TBI, they have a drunk walking accident into a...