Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive
Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive
Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive
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Secti<strong>on</strong> 5 - Injury, Fatality <strong>and</strong> PDE Populati<strong>on</strong> Comparis<strong>on</strong>sFigure 5.1-4Comparis<strong>on</strong>of years sinceinitial certificati<strong>on</strong>by populati<strong>on</strong>for 2003.Figure 5.1-4 shows the average number of years since initial certificati<strong>on</strong>.As in the past, PDE participants appear to have been divingfor l<strong>on</strong>ger than injured divers or fatalities, but this parameter variesfrom year to year, <strong>and</strong> cauti<strong>on</strong> is advised against over-interpretati<strong>on</strong>.Figure 5.1-5 is similar to the observati<strong>on</strong>s from the previous year.The prevalence of high blood pressure <strong>and</strong> heart disease (HBP /HD) was highest am<strong>on</strong>g fatalities. Informati<strong>on</strong> about cigarettesmoking was not complete <strong>and</strong> probably exaggerated the annualvariati<strong>on</strong> of this habit in the small samples.Figure 5.1-5Comparis<strong>on</strong> ofhealth problemsby populati<strong>on</strong>for 2003.86DAN’s <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Decompressi<strong>on</strong> <strong>Illness</strong>, <strong>Diving</strong> <strong>Fatalities</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Dive</strong> Explorati<strong>on</strong>: 2005 Editi<strong>on</strong>