Holiday Drowning Statistics

5 January 2010

Drowning statistics for the Christmas/New Year holiday period 1979/1980 to 2008/2009

Year

Number of Drownings

1979/1980

4

1980/1981

8

1981/1982

14

1982/1983

15

1983/1984

8

1984/1985

21

1985/1986

16

1986/1987

7

1987/1988

4

1988/1989

10

1989/1990

9

1990/1991

14

1991/1992

9

1992/1993

8

1993/1994

9

1994/1995

8

1995/1996

10

1996/1997

11

1997/1998

16

1998/1999

13

1999/2000

12

2000/2001

8

2001/2002

13

2002/2003

5

2003/2004

11

2004/2005

8

2005/2006

3

2006/2007

2

2007/2008

10

2008/2009

11

2009/2010

5

Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) gives no warranty as to the correctness of the  information or the supplied to WSNZ by third parties not under its control. While WSNZ is satisfied as to its accuracy for is supplied to it, WSNZ shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from the All reported statistics are provisional. All DrownBase™ statistics are reported as death by drowning.