Relatively more migrants and children of migrants born in the Netherlands have drowned in 2021, statistics agency reports CBS Monday. A total of eighty people died in the Netherlands from drowning last year. That is 27 fewer than in 2020.
For migrants with a non-European background under the age of twenty, the risk of drowning was nine to ten times greater than for other young people in the Netherlands.
Children of non-European migrants born in the Netherlands also ran a greater risk of drowning than children of Dutch descent.
Among people of Dutch descent, most drowned people were sixty years or older.
Number of drownings by age and origin
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Suicide by drowning fell slightly
Statistics Netherlands also looked at the number of drownings as a result of suicide or traffic accidents. These are separate from the drowning cases mentioned above. As a result, 86 and 38 people died in 2021 respectively.
According to the statistics office, the number of suicide-related drownings has fallen slightly over the past ten years. The number of drownings as a result of traffic accidents remained stable during the same period.
Are you thinking about suicide? You are not alone. Contact 113 Suicide Prevention at www.113.nl or call 113 (local rate) or 0800-0113 (free).
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