"The Drowning Report" by NDPA & TAP LLC

TAP LLC & NDPA joins together to improve the collection of drowning data

Total Aquatic Programming and National Drowning Prevention Alliance Board of Directors have joined together to ensure the drowning data we post is as comprehensive as possible. New categories have been added. We have been collecting drowning data since 2008. This process involves about 1100-man hours per year plus cost for programs and support.

New “each-month” detailed summary with all of the data we collect
Monthly table of drownings by age category comparing year to year numbers with graphs
Online and accessible 24/7 – New drowning stats posted the first few days of each month. e.g. The first few days in June, May’s drowning’s posted along with all stats sheets updated
Each month, updated children’s drowning map by state posted on TAP web site
Ability to submit drownings by email
Assistance for local drowning task forces to extract data from the stats we collect

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TESTIMONY JUN NAOTSUKE, WATER RECREATION PROGRAM MANAGER WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT

"I just wanted to let you know that I download your data every month and have been compiling data for Washington State. I use your data to talk about drowning cases in Washington. I was able to see that we had about twice as many drownings in Washington this summer compared to typical years due to COVID-19 though it is difficult to identify any causal relationships.

Your work is precious as there is no one else who is doing this kind of work. Thank you and keep up the magnificent work!"