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Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive

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Figure 5.1-6 shows a comparis<strong>on</strong> of obesity based <strong>on</strong> the body massindex (BMI) classified according the U.S. Nati<strong>on</strong>al Heart, Lung <strong>and</strong>Blood Institute (1998). As in the previous year, obesity is proporti<strong>on</strong>allymore frequent am<strong>on</strong>g fatalities than am<strong>on</strong>g PDE divers <strong>and</strong>injured divers.Secti<strong>on</strong> 5 - Injury, Fatality <strong>and</strong> PDE Populati<strong>on</strong> Comparis<strong>on</strong>sFigure 5.1-6Comparis<strong>on</strong>of body fatnessestimated fromBMI for 2003.5.2 <strong>Dive</strong> CharacteristicsSeawater dives c<strong>on</strong>stituted 98 percent, 89 percent <strong>and</strong> 71 percent ofthe dives made by PDE participants, injured divers <strong>and</strong> fatalities,respectively. Figure 5.2-1 shows the distributi<strong>on</strong> of dives in differentfreshwater envir<strong>on</strong>ments for the three groups. <strong>Fatalities</strong> occurredp roporti<strong>on</strong>ally more frequently in lake/quarries <strong>and</strong> least incave/cavern envir<strong>on</strong>ments. These results are likely to be str<strong>on</strong>glyinfluenced by the prevalence of dives in each envir<strong>on</strong>ment, butprevalence data are not available.DAN’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> 87

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