Scuba deaths/incidents per certifying agency

[ccardvol]

Hi everyone, I'm Randy and new to diving. I was certified OW by a very popular agency, and before I continue my training, I was wondering if there was information available about the incident rate per certifying agency. I'm mostly interested in the PADI/SSI/NAUI comparison.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,

ccardvol

 

[Aqualovr]

Don't know...but it'll be interesting to see what answers ya get... I'll be checkin back on this one...Hey...new here myself but welcome to the boards...seems like good peeps abound in here...

 

[cudachaser]

Look at Instructor insurance rates...My agency has one of lowest rates in the business

 

[H2Andy]

hmmmm... no, not that i have seen

of course, the agencies aren't going to be too crazy about compiling and publishing this type of info

 

[Ocean One]

I don't know of any research or informational agency that divides the info out by training agency. Make for some real bad press and no one would submit their stats.

 

[WeekendDiver]

an absolute number means nothing, and even an percentage of students, or of the total of certified divers by agency X means little..
In order to derive any meanful information from that data (if available) you'd have to equalize for a variety of variables such as geographical distribution, highest obtainable level, particular legacy focus etc. It would be a statistical nightmare to get any meaning out of raw numbers.
For example, it makes sense that more Hondas than Ferraris get stolen simply because many more any made and sold every year...

 

[Walter]

That information isn't available. I doubt it will ever be available.

 

[HowardE]

What good would that kind of info be?

 

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

I doubt such stats would mean much, unless only incidents occuring in the training or early dives are included. If someone dies diving ten years and 150 dives after getting certified, can we really blame the certifying agency?

 

[keyshunter]

That information isn't available. I doubt it will ever be available.

And, even if it were, it is highly unlikely that the differences would be statistically significant.