achowe 0 #1 April 29, 2005 Found this on the web: 'One in every 20,000 skydives results in a death'. What do you guys think about this?------------------------------------------------- Woooaaaaaa!!! Woooaaaa!!! I'm gettin' off it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedy 0 #2 April 29, 2005 I think there are lies, damn lies and statistics. Dave Fallschirmsport Marl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkwing 5 #3 April 29, 2005 I might believe 1 in 100,000, but not 20,000. -- Jeff My Skydiving History Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Travman 6 #4 April 29, 2005 40% of statistics are made up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tombuch 0 #5 April 29, 2005 QuoteFound this on the web: 'One in every 20,000 skydives results in a death'. What do you guys think about this? Nope. Data presented in my book "JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy" for the year 2000 shows one fatality for every 70,130 jumps, based on single year estimates of 2,244,165 jumps and 32 fatalities, as reported by USPA. The numbers are getting better. In the year 2003 (the last year estimates of jump activity are available) USPA reported 25 fatalities with 2,086,692 jumps, or an average of one fatality for every 83,468 skydives. The USPA estimate of total number of jumps is based on jump numbers reported by individual members on their renewal applications and does NOT include student jumps, but the fatalities do include students. The number of jumps made in 2003 is actually based on 2002 numbers adjusted for a decrease in USPA membership. These numbers are obviously not absolute, so use them with caution. .Tom Buchanan Instructor Emeritus Comm Pilot MSEL,G Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #6 April 29, 2005 I think I'll just skip my 20,000th. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #7 April 29, 2005 QuoteFound this on the web: 'One in every 20,000 skydives results in a death'. Please post the name of the web site where you found this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Griff69 0 #8 April 29, 2005 Quote40% of statistics are made up. I thought it was 87.3% Chris "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is two wolves attempting to have a sheep for dinner and finding a well-informed, well-armed sheep." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
