Outdoor Activity | Deaths |
Boating | 836 |
Hang Gliding | 28 |
Sky Diving | 28 |
Football | 4 |
Personal Watercraft | 79 |
Hunting | 92 |
Scuba Diving | 97 |
Swimming | 1,700 |
1998 Hunting Casualties |
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Fatal Casualties | 93 |
Non-fatal Casualties | 894 |
All Casualties | 987 |
States Reporting | 48 |
Provinces Reporting | 5 |
Did you come across some kind of population adjustment? For example, 836 boating deaths per 1 million boaters? 92 hunting deaths per 1 million hunters? Something to make the statistics meaningful?
Thanks for posting the article.
Statistically, skydiving is safer than driving...