Scuba Guru Reports Scuba Diving Is Statistically Safe
According to Scuba.About.com, scuba diving remains statistically safer than driving, having children, participating in a marathon or skydiving. Of every 5,555 registered drivers in the United States, one dies as a result of a car accident. In contrast, only one in every 211,864 dives ends with someone losing their life, and this is often the result of a pre-existing disease in the diver. Inadequate buoyancy control and violent water movement or rapid ascent are two other leading causes of death...
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