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Drownings Kill 140,000 Kids Annually 每年14万儿童死于溺On average, every hour of every day more than 40 people drown around the world. That’s 372,000 fatalities annually. Drownings are one of the top 10 killers of kids and young adults, with the highest rate of drowning deaths among children under five years of age. 每天每小时全世界平均有40多人因溺水而亡，每年死亡人数多达37.2万。溺水是儿童及青年的十大死亡杀手之一，而5岁以下儿童溺水死亡率最高。 So finds the World Health Organization’s first global report on drowning, which they call a “neglected public health issue.” 世界卫生组织发布的全球首份有关溺水问题报告也得出此结论。他们将其称之为“被忽视的公共健康问题”。 The just–published analysis represents the firs