This is said within the National Drowning Report (INA). EUROPA PRESS
January is as soon as once more a adverse month after the worst December in historical past Canarias is the group with the best variety of drownings Most of the drowned are males
The 22 deaths resulting from unintentional drowning which have occurred in Spanish aquatic areas through the previous January have made 2023 the worst within the final six years, since 35 deaths from this trigger have been registered in 2017. This is mirrored within the National Drowning Report (INA) that since 2015 has been ready by the Royal Spanish Federation of Rescue and First Aid
The 22 deaths final month nearly double the 12 that occurred in January 2022 and consolidate the rise in deaths in Spanish aquatic areas that occurred final yr, after final December was the worst within the historic collection. , with 29 deaths, ten greater than November and 14 greater than the identical month as in 2021.
This brought on Spain to shut 2022 with 394 losses of human lives resulting from drowning in aquatic areas, in accordance with the accounting carried out by the Integrated System for Data Management of Incidents within the Aquatic Environment (SIFA), which is the device managed by the INA.
Among the 22 individuals who died from unintentional drowning within the first month of 2023, 19 have been males (86.36 p.c of the entire) and three girls (13.63 p.c).
By autonomous group, the Canary Islands is the one which registered probably the most deaths from this trigger, 5 of the 22 (22.72 p.c), adopted by Galicia and Castilla-La Mancha (4 deadly drownings in every of them), whereas within the In the Valencian Community, the Basque Country and Ceuta, there have been 2 deaths in every of the territories, and 1 loss of life in Andalusia, Asturias and the Balearic Islands.