For some reason this does not surprise me.

[Gary D.]

Idaho ranks 4th in the nation for drowning death's.

We are #1 for non coastal states and are behind Alaska, Hawaii and Louisiana for the total stats.

This includes ALL drownings to include swimming pools.

Gary D.

 

[lamont]

per capita or total deaths? i'd think that CA would beat you just through sheer number of swimming pools in the state...

since AK is on top, it has to be per capita... AK just doesn't have enough people...

does that include fisherman drowning when their boats go down?

 

[Gary D.]

It's per capita.

Here is one of the articles I've seen.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060720/NEWS01/607200332

We have areas up here where you need 32 people in a group to get a full set of teeth. So anything involving child supervision doesn't surprise me at all.

Gary D.