Hello Steelsam,
According to my findings below, there are between 5.4 and 5.6 million
spas and hot tubs in the United States.
?There are 4.7 million in-ground swimming pools and 3.6 million
above-ground pools in the United States and 5.4 million spas and hot
tubs, Laven said.?
CEO of Latham pool company addresses U.S. Senate hearing
The Business Review: May 9, 2006
http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2006/05/08/daily35.html?page=2
« With 5.6 million spas and hot tubs in the United States (260,000
installed last year alone) service technicians and do-it-yourselfers
have been clamoring for a practical user-friendly guide to demystify
the purchase, repair, installation, and everyday maintenance of spas
and tubs. »
The Ultimate Guide to Spas and Hot Tubs : 11/07/2005
http://www.eyrolles.com/BTP/Livre/9780071439213/livre-the-ultimate-guide-to-spas-and-hot-tubs.php?xd=981c50851d6ff00743bef2f826bef419
There are 5.4 million hot tubs in the United States. In 2005 alone
399,000 units were sold.
Huntington News Service : April 16, 2006
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/health/060415-shns-spas.html
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Drownings in Spas and Hot Tubs
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?Since 1990, CPSC has reports of more than 800 deaths in spas and hot
tubs. About one-fifth of those were drownings to children under age
five.?
Consumer Product Safety Commission
"Spas, Hot Tubs, and Whirlpools"
CPSC Document #5112
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5112.html
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?Of 700 deaths in spas and hot tubs recorded in the USA since 1980, a
third were children under five years of age, emphasising the
importance of supervision of children playing with water.?
World Water Today
http://www.worldwaterday.org/wwday/2001/thematic/poshealth.html
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?According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the most
significant hazard from spas and hot tubs is the same as swimming
pools -- drowning. Since 1980, the CPSC has reported more than 700
deaths in spas and hot tubs. About one-third of those were drownings
involving children under the age of five.?
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
http://www.ul.com/consumers/spa.html
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?CPSC has reports of nine children under 5 years old. who died as a
result of submersion in a residential spa or hot tub in 2002.?
CPSC: Summer 2005
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/cpsr_nws37.pdf
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?According to a Scripps Howard News Service study of federal mortality
records from 1999 to 2003, 1,676 Americans were reported to have
drowned in a tub during this five-year period, an average of 335 a
year. Infants, very young children and the elderly are at risk, but
more than half of all tub deaths are among able-bodied people between
the ages of 5 and 64.?
It is not clear if the above figure includes bath tub related deaths as well.
Huntington News Service : April 16, 2006
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/health/060415-shns-spas.html
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I hope the information provided is helpful!
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
