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69 percent of the drowning incidents occurred while one or both parents were responsible for supervision. |
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10 percent were adults other than the parents. |
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14 percent were sitters. |
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7 percent siblings |
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65 percent of the drowning incidents were in a pool owned by the child's family. |
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22 percent at a relatives |
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11 percent happened at a neighbor's. |
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77 percent of the children had been seen 5 minutes or less before being missed and subsequently discovered in the pool. |
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Where were they last seen? |
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46 percent WERE LAST SEEN IN THE HOUSE prior to being found in the pool. Of these, 15 percent were thought to be sleeping. |
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23 percent were last seen in the yard, porch or patio, not in the pool area. That's a total of 69 percent that were thought not to be in the pool area. |
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31 percent were last seen in the pool or pool area. |
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39 percent of the people responsible for supervising the child were doing chores. |
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18 percent socializing. |
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9 percent were busy on the telephone. |
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