Competitive Swimming and Racial Disparities in Drowning

Overview

Journal Rev Black Polit Econ

Date 2018 Jun 26

PMID 29937589

Citations 3

Authors

Samuel L Myers Jr

Ana M Cuesta

Yufeng Lai

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Abstract

This paper provides compelling evidence of an inverse relationship between competitive swimming rates and drowning rates using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data on fatal drowning rates and membership rates from USA Swimming, the governing organization of competitive swimming in the United States. Tobit and Poisson regression models are estimated using panel data by state from 1999-2007 separately for males, females, African Americans and whites. The strong inverse relationship between competitive swimming rates and unintentional deaths through fatal drowning is most pronounced among African Americans males.

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