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Treacherous Ice – More Drowning Accidents

Treacherous Ice – More Drowning Accidents

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More people died in drowning accidents last year

More people died in drowning accidents last year

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Last year, 90 people lost their lives in drowning accidents, according to the Swedish Lifesaving Society. This is a significant increase compared to previous years – but fewer than the average during the 2000s

The trend is broken: Drownings have stopped decreasing

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The trend is broken: Drownings have stopped decreasing

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The decrease in fatal drowning accidents has stalled – and children and young people with non-Swedish origin run almost seven times higher risk of drowning than those with Swedish origin. This is shown by a new study from the National Board of Forensic Medicine

Drowning Accident Raises Demands for Safety

Drowning Accident Raises Demands for Safety

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The Swedish Life Saving Society wants the safety requirements for bathing facilities to be tightened. This after the drowning accident on Saturday at Skara Summerland where a ten-year-old boy died

Lifesavers in Distress Can Be Rewarded with a Gold Badge

Lifesavers in Distress Can Be Rewarded with a Gold Badge

Men's overconfidence in their own abilities – can be the cause

Men's overconfidence in their own abilities – can be the cause

Year after year, it is mainly men who drown in Sweden. It is likely due to an overconfidence in one's own abilities, according to the Swedish Life-Saving Society

So you see if someone is drowning

So you see if someone is drowning

Under holy night has at least three people lost their lives in drowning accidents. Two men in their 40s in Nacka and one man in his 55 outside of Växjö