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TRANSPORTATION - BTS - Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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Search and Rescue: Over the past quarter century, the USCG has rescued more than 3,000boaters, fishermen, divers, and swimmers each year—or more than eight a day—from thenation’s oceans, rivers, lakes, and bays (figure 3-45). Figure 3-46 shows the number <strong>of</strong> livessaved and lost in search and rescue missions in various USCG districts.Figure 3-45Lives Saved in Search and Rescue Missions: 1975-99 (Annual totals)10,0008,000Lives saved6,0004,0002,00001975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1999Source: U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, U.S. Coast Guard, Search and Rescue Summary <strong>Statistics</strong>(Washington, DC: Annual issues).Figure 3-46U.S. Coast Guard Districts and the Number <strong>of</strong> Lives Lost and Saved: 199913th District242 Lives saved50 Lives lost9th District297 Lives saved63 Lives lost1st District533 Lives saved53 Lives lost11th District273 Lives saved62 Lives lost5th District290 Lives saved50 Lives lost14th District88 Lives saved26 Lives lost17th District270 Lives saved29 Lives lost8th District810 Lives saved107 Lives lostLives lostLeastMost7th District900 Lives saved88 Lives lostSource: U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, U.S. Coast3-51

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