How Many Waterbed Deaths?

Of the 394 bed entrapment deaths, 296 deaths were on regular adult beds, 79 were on adult waterbeds, 10 were on adult daybeds, and 9 were on adult-sized beds fitted with bed rails (an "add-on" product designed to keep a child from falling out of the bed).

Can you drown from waterbed?

As the water level rises, Don, unable to free himself, slowly sinks under 200 pounds of waterbed water and, unable to get his nose and mouth above the water, eventually drowns.

Are waterbeds bad for you?

First up, waterbeds are bad for you back. The problem is that they do not shape themselves to your body in the same way as other superior mattress materials do. Rather, what they do is force the body to conform to the mattress's shape. ... Often people on waterbeds will wake up with numb limbs in the morning.