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Jacob Shteyman

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Most dangerous age for children around pools revealed - Caught on Camera

A total of 549 children under five lost their lives in a swimming pool between 2002 and 2022. (HANDOUT/ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY AUSTRALIA)

Parents are being urged to be extra careful around pools when their kids turn one, with a study finding it to be the most dangerous age for drowning.

During the past 20 years, 222 one-year-olds have drowned, representing about 40 per cent of all drowning deaths for children under the age of five.

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