DIVING

1. Dive Fatalities
12
10
Non Dive Parks
Dive Parks
Number of Fatalities
8
6
4
2
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Figure 1.9-2: Number of dive park and non-dive park fatalities 2004-2013, by month (n=110)
The citizenship of the divers was 26 Canadian (24%) and 84 US (76%). The most frequent states for dive park fatalities
were Pennsylvania (n=10, 21%), Ohio (n=8, 17%), Texas and Illinois (n=5 each, 11%). The remaining 11 states had three
or less dive park fatalities each over the ten year period.
Characteristics of divers are shown in Table 1.9-1.
Table 1.9-1: Characteristics of freshwater diving fatalities 2004-2013
Characteristic
Dive Parks
(n=47)
Non-Dive Parks
(n=63)
Overall
(n=110)
Males : Females n (%) 39 (83) : 8 (17) 54 (86) : 9 (14) 93 (85) : 17 (15)
Age x (SD) 46 (14) 44 (12) 45 (13)
BMI x (SD) 30 (7) 29 (4) 30 (6)
Divers in team x (SD) 2.6 (1.0) 2.2 (0.8) 2.4 (0.9)
No dives last day x (SD) 1.3 (0.5) 1.2 (0.5) 1.3 (0.5)
Max depth (feet) x (SD) 76 (60) 39 (44) 56 (55)
The marital status of diving fatalities is shown in Table 1.9-2, by dive park status. While it might be tempting to suggest
perhaps married divers are more likely to dive in dive parks, we cannot say without knowing how many dives are made
in dive parks each year, and in non-dive parks.
Marital status
Table 1.9-2: Marital status of freshwater diving fatalities 2004-2013
Dive Parks
(n=47)
Non-Dive Parks
(n=63)
Overall
(n=110)
Single 17 (36) 26 (41) 43 (39)
Married 16 (34) 12 (19) 28 (25)
Divorced/widowed 3 (6) 3 (5) 6 (5)
Unknown 11 (23) 22 (35) 33 (31)
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