 Hi everyone! Time for a math lesson. 87. 87 is the average number of children under the age of five who drown each year in and around the home. Every four days. About once every four days, one child drowns in a bathtub or a bucket or a toilet or a landscape pond. Children can drown quickly and quietly. 80%. Wow! 80% of these drownings happen in the bathtub. It happens when mom or dad leave for just a minute to answer the phone or door or the babysitter leaves to get a towel. If you must leave, take the child with you. How can we stop it? Never leave young children alone in the bathtub or near a container of liquid. Don't leave a baby or a young child in a bathtub under the care of another child. Always keep a young child within arms reach in a bathtub. Don't leave a bucket containing even the small amount of liquid unattended. Let's save 87 children.