All the Under Five drowning deaths occurred outside of the home and garden (in rivers, lakes, farm waters).
44% (40) of drowning fatalities occurred when the person was alone.
85% (11) of Powered Boating drowning deaths occurred on boats smaller than 6m.
Almost all Land Based Fishing drowning deaths were angling – usually it is split more evenly between angling/shellfishing/netfishing.
Drowning deaths in Tidal Waters (18) were twice that of 2020 and over a third higher than the five year average (13).
Asian drowning fatalities (19) were more than double 2020 (7) and 72% more than the five year average (11).