Rich Keller
Contributor
It sounds like a lot of deaths but the total number of fatalities doesn't mean much without knowing the approximate number of dives that took place during the time period, and the percentage of deaths as compared to other popular dive destinations, and the rate of fatalities by age group.
One death sounds like a lot to me but you seem okay with this amount. So how many more deaths are you comfortable with?
---------- Post added April 15th, 2015 at 06:35 PM ----------
Dan Reports - latest I could find - http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/report/DAN2000DCIreport.pdf
Happy Reading...
This is based on data from 1998. Got anything from this decade?
---------- Post added April 15th, 2015 at 06:41 PM ----------
My point was that the mentality that no death rate except zero is acceptable leads to the progressive mindset that brings the bureaucrats, regulatory agencies, etc Therefore it is important not to adopt that mindset.
Richard.
So you think ignoring a certain amount of deaths will not raise red flags with the bureaucrats?
---------- Post added April 15th, 2015 at 06:48 PM ----------
According to DAN statistics
This report is based on data from 2006. Got any reports from this decade?
---------- Post added April 15th, 2015 at 06:54 PM ----------
One of the best things about this sport is that it is being regulated by the people who know more about it then the bureaucrats. If the industry can not set high standards and live by them then someone else will step in eventually and take these rights away.