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Drowning Prevention
Florida Department of Health Gulf County
- (850) 227-1276
- gulfchd@flhealth.gov
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Fax
(850) 227-1766 -
Mailing Address
2475 Garrison Ave
Port Saint Joe, Florida 32456
Florida loses more children under age five to drowning than any other state. Annually in Florida, enough children to fill three to four preschool classrooms drown and do not live to see their fifth birthday.
Florida overwhelmingly has the highest unintentional drowning rate in the nation for the 1–4 year old age group in 2010 with a drowning rate of 7.29 per 100,000 population. Florida also had the highest drowning number and rate in the nation for the 1–14 population in 2010 with a drowning rate of 2.67 per 100,000 population. Oklahoma was second for this age group with a rate of 2.48 per 100,000 population, and Arizona third for this age group with a rate of 2.05 per 100,000 population for 2010.
For more opportunities in Gulf County, call 850-227-1276.
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