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Nearly 60 percent of black children can't swim

New study underlies efforts to prevent drowning, boost sports participation

updated 4:37 p.m. ET, Thurs., May. 1, 2008

NEW YORK - Nearly 60 percent of African-American children cannot swim,
almost twice the figure for white children, according to a
first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its
efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more blacks into the
sport.

Stark statistics underlie the initiative by the national governing body
for swimming. Black children drown at a rate almost three times the
overall rate. And less than 2 percent of USA Swimming's nearly 252,000
members who swim competitively year-round are black.