Statistics on Special Incidents

Numbers of Rescue, Drowning, Give-a-hand, Accident Cases at Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches in 2017(Up to December) *

	Public Swimming Pools	Bathing Beaches
Rescue case	50	84
Drowning case	1	2
Give-a-hand case	868	538
Accident case	345	83

Numbers of Rescue, Drowning, Give-a-hand, Accident Cases at Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches in 2016 (Up to December) *

	Public Swimming Pools	Bathing Beaches
Rescue case	52	81
Drowning case	1	5
Give-a-hand case	995	518
Accident case	345	87

Numbers of Rescue, Drowning, Give-a-hand, Accident Cases at Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches in 2015 (Up to December) *

	Public Swimming Pools	Bathing Beaches
Rescue case	52	82
Drowning case	1	5
Give-a-hand case	1,106	589
Accident case	337	110

*Notes

• Rescue cases refer to cases in which a swimmer gets into trouble in the water and rescue operation is required (including those in which the swimmer needs or needs not to be delivered to hospital)
• The classification of drowning cases is based on the direct cause of death determined by the Forensic Pathologist
• Give-a-hand cases include all rescue operations in the water other than rescue cases
• Accident cases include non-swimming related injury cases