Lifesavers 警告する of risky summer にもかかわらず 溺死するing 減少（する）
A scorching summer mixed with poor 地位，任命する-pandemic swimming 技術s has lifesaving groups 恐れるing a spike in drownings にもかかわらず a 最近の 減少（する） in the number of deaths.
The 2023 国家の 溺死するing 報告（する）／憶測 showed 281 people died from 溺死するing in Australian 水路s and swimming pools in 2022/23, わずかに up on the 10-year-普通の／平均（する） but 井戸／弁護士席 負かす／撃墜する from the previous year's 339 drownings.
The most 最近の 人物／姿／数字s 示すd a return to a 溺死するing （死傷者）数 that was closer to pre-pandemic levels, Surf Life Saving Australia 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Adam Weir said.
"During the pandemic, there was a lot of 激励 around 国内の 観光旅行，事業 which showed through in some of the 溺死するing 人物／姿／数字s as people went to unpatrolled 場所s," he said.
"There's been a return to a bit more normalcy in life."
Drownings の中で children and young people have 減少（する）d over the past year compared to the 10-year-普通の／平均（する） because of changes to pool-盗品故買者ing 規則s and water-safety messages directed at the carers of young children.
The 王室の Life Saving Society 報告（する）／憶測 said there had been a 33 per cent 減少（する） in drownings in children 老年の four or under compared to the 10-year 普通の／平均（する） and a 35 per cent 落ちる in deaths の中で those 老年の five to 14.
While those 人物／姿／数字s are 肯定的な, Mr Weir 推定する／予想するs the 影響s of lockdowns stopping children from learning to swim will play out over the next couple of years.
That 関心 is 株d by 王室の Life Saving Society 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Justin Scarr, who pointed to 拒絶する／低下するing swimming and water-safety 技術s の中で children and adults.
"The 衝撃s of 行方不明になるd lessons throughout the COVID-19 pandemic will have generational 衝撃s on safety if left u naddressed," he said.
Lifesaving groups are worried a 予報するd hot summer because of developing El Nino 条件s could lead to a spike in drownings, 特に の中で older adults.
Adults 老年の 45 years or older 代表するd 57 per cent of 2022/23 溺死するing deaths, which were above the 10-year 普通の／平均（する） for all age groups except those 老年の 65 to 74.
The 増加する in drownings の中で the age group was driven by higher numbers of deaths 関係のある to underlying 医療の 条件s, bystander-救助者 drownings and 落ちるs into water.
"過大評価するing their own abilities in and around the water, unfortunately, can have 悲劇の 結果s," Mr Weir said.
The 影響s of an ageing 全住民, which has led to more older Australians with large 量s of recreation time, and 減少（する）d swimming fitness have 与える／捧げるd to the rising number of drownings.
Rivers and beaches were the two most ありふれた places where drownings occurred, accounting for a 連合させるd 151 fatalities in the year.
More than a ４半期/4分の1 of the drownings occurred in the summer months of December and January.
NSW 記録，記録的な／記録するd the most drownings, with 107 deaths over the past year, while the ACT had no fatalities.
