Where do drownings occur most often?

Swimming pools. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, each year emergency departments report about 500 drownings and 3,000 near-drownings in residential swimming pools among children younger than 5 years old.

In Hawaii, about one-third of the drownings (10) occurred in swimming pools. Another third of victims (11) drowned in the ocean. There were 4 drownings in rivers.