TABLE 2—
US Swimming Pool Drownings by Type of Pool and Race/Ethnicity Among Victims Aged 5–24 Years: 1995–1998
| Number (%) | ||||
| Type of Pool | Population Total a | Black, Non-Hispanic | White, Non-Hispanic | Hispanic |
| Residential | 186 (35) | 54 (23) | 98 (55) | 21 (35) |
| Home | 114 (61) | 31 | 65 | 9 |
| Neighbor’s pool | 20 (11) | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Friend’s pool | 10 (5) | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Relative’s pool | 7 (4) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Grandparent’s pool | 3 (2) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Unspecified | 32 (17) | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| Neighborhood pools | 109 (21) | 53 (22) | 19 (11) | 21 (35) |
| Housing community | 13 (12) | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Apartment community | 96 (88) | 48 | 16 | 17 |
| Public pools | 192 (37) | 122 (51) | 44 (25) | 14 (23) |
| Hotel/motel | 104 (54) | 74 | 16 | 7 |
| Public pool (camp, church, city) | 67 (35) | 39 | 18 | 5 |
| Club pool (YMCA, etc.) | 21 (11) | 9 | 10 | 2 |
| School pool | 13 (2) | 3 (1) | 4 (2) | 2 (3) |
| Private, unspecified | 5 (1) | 5 (2) | 0 | 0 |
| Other pool | 3 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 (2) |
| Whirlpool | 17 (3) | 2 (1) | 12 (7) | 1 (2) |
| Totalb | 525 | 239 | 179 | 60 |
aPopulation total does not reflect the sum of the other columns, because those categories were not mutually exclusive and do not include cases who were classified under other racial/ethnic groups.
b Total denotes total that were specified; it does not include 153 pools where location was not specified.