Not my problem, not my job, not even my interest. I teach a program that, over it's history of sixty years, has a perfect safety record, never a training fatality, never a graduate who died diving. In fact, it is the tree trunk from which all other training programs have sprouted. All other programs are naught but reductions from that program. The question therefore is not how to solve the calculation of rates, but rather how many fatalities, in absolute terms, you are willing to accept as a trade off for greater participation and all that that means. Me, I work hard to continue to have none what-so-ever. How many bodies are too many bodies from where you sit?
Thal it's not your problem but you continue to debate the data that is out there without giving better data for comparision data or any accident rate so it seems your just arguing for argument sake. I'm trying to get a feel of where your coming from besides the bashing of training that is out there and the self praise of your training. No doubt you have a great training program and you have turned out some great divers, I would never dispute that but that wasn't the question.
How many bodies are to many, well that is just a self serving question because no one has raised the question of how many is to many. This starts slipping to where all of your debates on the issue go. No one should drive either and we wouldnt have accidents and no one would die in a car wrecks. So we jumped right to that instead of playing the game that always gets there with this debate style of yours. Now back to the topic of accident rates.
You have no better figures is the bottom line but you want to argue the fine points. I tried to keep it on the simple subject of "Accident rates" from past to present. You wanted to take it to this other stuff, as you often do. You can quote no better stats, or refuse to, who knows.
You would rather argue than give better info, just dispute that which was given. Not gonna do that again with you so go on yourself. Would love to see better numbers if you have them but you don't so I'm gonna go with the numbers that are out there.
I'm not continuing down this road with you again, bash away!