Posted by tleemay on March 26, 2001 at 08:56:24:
Hugh from the National Techdivers list re-posted this. Keep
in mind the numbers are for term in 1993, probably from
even older data.
What makes this table different is that it actually breaks
down the fatalities on an hours of participation basis in-
stead of a per diver/dive basis. A bit more accurate taking
into account that a large portion of sport divers dive very
in-frequently on a national average.
I hope the table formatting holds up;
COMPARATIVE RISK OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES
Estimates of Fatal Risk
Fatalities
Activity per million hrs
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Skydiving 128.71
General Aviation 15.58
On-road Motorcycling 8.80
Scuba Diving 1.98
Living (all causes of death ie sickness) 1.53
Swimming 1.07
Snowmobiling .88
Passenger Cars .47
Water skiing .28
Bicycling .26
Flying (scheduled domestic airlines) .15
Hunting .08
Cosmic Radiation from transcontinental flights .035
Home Living (active) .027
Traveling in a School Bus .022
Passenger Car Post-collision fire .017
Home Living, active & passive (sleeping) .014
Residential Fire .003
Compiled by Failure Analysis Associates, Inc. (Design News,
10-4-93).