Skydiving Risk

[nigel99 501]

I stumbled across this article/web page while looking for something else.

http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/Risk/sports.html

I think the statistics are interesting, even if I don't believe they are completely correct. The biggest flag to me is the population estimates (skydiving is higher than running or swimming).

Anyway for a cool statistic you can tell someone that Skydiving in Sweden is only twice as dangerous as playing table tennis in Germany.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[champu 1]

I don't take issue with the population estimates as long as the far right column is understood correctly when making comparisons. For example, you can conclude from these data that making a skydive is less likely to result in death than being a runner.

As usual, you don't end up with apples to apples.

These studies are never targeted at skydivers to make us feel better about what we do or to demonstrate an understanding of the safety considerations and risks in our sport. They're meant to make runners and swimmers and cyclists think again about their safety by comparing their activity to "omgz plane jumping!"

[nigel99 501]

It took me a while to figure that out. Even reading your post where it is explicit, it is hard to remember the distinction of a single skydive versus being a runner.

If you wrapped up the stats using skydiver for the population, it would change the picture quite drastically.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[dreaming13000 1]

FUNNY. I run, bike and swim way more often than I skydive.
-jess

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[dbogardus 0]

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I stumbled across this article/web page while looking for something else.

http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/Risk/sports.html

I think the statistics are interesting, even if I don't believe they are completely correct. The biggest flag to me is the population estimates (skydiving is higher than running or swimming).

Anyway for a cool statistic you can tell someone that Skydiving in Sweden is only twice as dangerous as playing table tennis in Germany.

TABLE TENNIS?!?!?

[godfrog 2]

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FUNNY. I run, bike and swim way more often than I skydive. _________________________________________________

You are quite the dardevil aren't you!

Experience is a difficult teacher, she gives you the test first and the lesson afterward