INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I: Dubious Distinction
Season 2017 Episode 26 | 56m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
INSIGHTS poses the question to people who know how to make everyone safer in our waters.
Hawai‘i has the Dubious Distinction of having more visitor drowning deaths than any other place in the country. According to the State Department of Health, Hawai‘i’s visitor drowning rate is 13 times the national average, and 10 times the rate for residents. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by the national media, and the military refers to water-surrounded Hawai‘i as the Drowning Capital of the U.S.
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Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I: Dubious Distinction
Season 2017 Episode 26 | 56m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Hawai‘i has the Dubious Distinction of having more visitor drowning deaths than any other place in the country. According to the State Department of Health, Hawai‘i’s visitor drowning rate is 13 times the national average, and 10 times the rate for residents. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by the national media, and the military refers to water-surrounded Hawai‘i as the Drowning Capital of the U.S.
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