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| Rip Current Deaths in Florida
(Taken from Hazardous Weather Awareness Week 2000)
| County |
Deaths
1989- 1999 |
Deaths
1999 |
County |
Deaths
1989-1999 |
Deaths
1999 |
| Bay |
24 |
|
Nassau |
9 |
|
| Brevard |
8 |
|
Okaloosa |
7 |
1 |
| Broward |
14 |
1 |
Palm Beach |
10 |
|
| Collier |
4 |
|
Pinellas |
5 |
1 |
| Charlotte |
1 |
|
St. Johns |
9 |
|
| Dade |
30 |
3 |
St. Lucie |
2 |
|
| Duval |
9 |
1 |
Santa Rosa |
10 |
|
| Escambia |
14 |
|
Sarasota |
3 |
|
| Flagler |
7 |
|
Volusia |
29 |
1 |
| Hillsbourough |
3 |
1 |
Walton |
6 |
|
|
Indian River
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lee
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
| Martin |
3 |
|
|
|
|
| Manatee |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
211 |
9 |
For the 11 year period 1989-99, the average number of rip current-related drownings was about 19 per year statewide, and 4 per year across east central Florida. This represents a decrease from the 1989-96 period (23 statewide/5 east central Florida).
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