In the 2019 financial year 45 people drowned while swimming and recreating at beaches in Australia. The second most common activity in which beach-goers drowned was diving.
Total number of drowning deaths in beach locations in Australia in financial year 2019, by activity
Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017
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Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). (September 16, 2019). Total number of drowning deaths in beach locations in Australia in financial year 2019, by activity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/999244/australia-beach-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). "Total number of drowning deaths in beach locations in Australia in financial year 2019, by activity." Chart. September 16, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/999244/australia-beach-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). (2019). Total number of drowning deaths in beach locations in Australia in financial year 2019, by activity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/999244/australia-beach-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia). "Total Number of Drowning Deaths in Beach Locations in Australia in Financial Year 2019, by Activity." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Sep 2019, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/999244/australia-beach-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
Royal Life Saving Society (Australia), Total number of drowning deaths in beach locations in Australia in financial year 2019, by activity Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/999244/australia-beach-drowning-deaths-by-activity/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Total number of drowning deaths in beach locations in Australia in financial year 2019, by activity [Graph], Royal Life Saving Society (Australia), September 16, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/999244/australia-beach-drowning-deaths-by-activity/
