By the early 1900s, how many people drowned each year in the U.S.?

Correct answer: Estimated 9,000

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Sassy
Sassy
In early times not many parents taught their kids to swim. Some would just throw them in and say, ‘sink or swim “
Miss Sue
Miss Sue
Sassy, Yeah, they didn't have birth control pills back then.
I am not a number.
I am not a number.
Maestro13, is the number of essential or purposeful drowning about right?
Maestro13
Maestro13
Still too many needless or accidental drownings.