in total 302 people died suffocations The increase in Spanish water areas in the first eight months of the year was an increase of 18 compared to the same period in 2022and only 53 died in August, ten fewer than in the same month last year.
According to the report of the Spanish Rescue and First Aid Federation, this year Second best August record since 2015 This data will start to be collected, and so far there have been fewer deaths from this cause in 2021 alone, namely 43 people.
Catalonia Autonomous community with the most deaths On 12 August, four more from the Balearic Islands followed with five each from Andalusia, the Commonwealth of Valencia and Murcia. Four deaths per case occurred in the Canary Islands and Galicia; three in Castilla-La Mancha; Two registered in Castilla y León and one in Asturias, Cantabria, Extremadura, Community of Madrid and Basque Country.
Beaches were the place with the most drowning incidents on August 35.Of the 302 deaths, 168 (55.62%) were recorded in the first eight months of 2023. In August, seven people died in rivers, four in swimming pools and seven in other water areas, and in the first eight months 41 people died swimming. in ponds, 37 in rivers and 56 elsewhere.
Of the 53 drownings recorded in August, 18 had no surveillance serviceThe lifeguard surveillance service was active in 18 and not implemented in 17.
32 percent of fatal drownings among minors so far in 2023 were recorded in August; Eight of the 25 drownings accumulated; these included three children aged up to 3 years, one aged 4 to 6 years, and four children aged 7 to 17 years. Last August, the trend for the 55 and older age group with more deaths from drowning was broken, with 19 (35.85 percent) of 53 recorded and 20 deaths between the ages of 18 and 54 (37.74 percent).
A total of 43 deaths occurred in August. 81.13 percent occurred between eight in the morning and eight in the evening and 18 of these were recorded between ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, and five between eight in the afternoon and two in the morning.
Of 302 deaths in the first eight months 244 were male 58 women and 38 men and 15 women died in August.