Recreational Water

Recreational Exposure

Table 1. Water Ingestion by selected groups of swimmers

Original survey data can be obtained by this link.

Population Age Number of Subjects Average water ingestion (mL/45 minute) Standard deviation United States Adults Older than 18 years old 12 16 19 United States Non-adults 18 years old and younger 41 37 31

a: Non-parametric Wilcoxon Rank Sum test was applied for statistical analysis.
b: The comparison between adults and non-adults are significantly different at 5% level. The comparison between different gender groups was evaluated and not significant.

(Dufour et al, 2006)

References

Dufour A, Evans O, Behymer T and Cantu R. (2006) Water ingestion during swimming activities in a pool: A pilot study. Journal of Water Health. 04.4: 425-430. Full text