世界卫生组织日前发布报告称,每年有37.2万人死于溺毙,每小时就有40人被淹死。这是世卫组织第一次发布关于溺亡的报告。据称,溺亡已成为儿童和年轻人死亡的十大杀手之一。报告显示,全球有超过一半被淹死的人是25岁以下,溺亡率最高的是五岁以下的儿童。此外,男性的溺亡率是女性的两倍,九成以上的溺亡事件发生在中低收入国家,溺亡率最高的地区 According to a report recently released by the World Health Organization, 372,000 people die of drowning every year, and 40 people drown every hour. This is the first WHO report on drowning. Drowning is said to have become one of the top 10 killers of children and young people to die. The report shows that more than half of the world’s drowned people are under 25 years of age, with the highest rates of drowning being children under five. In addition, the rate of drowning in men is double that of women, and more than 90% of drowning deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries with the highest rates of drowning