Ten years of recreational diving fatalities in the United States and Canada: harvesters vs non-harvesters

© International Society of Travel Medicine, 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. Adult male recreational diver fatalities (n = 698) in North America from 2004 to 2013 were examined. Compared with non-harvesters...

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Main Authors: Rowley, B., Buzzacott, Peter, Denoble, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71402
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Summary:© International Society of Travel Medicine, 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. Adult male recreational diver fatalities (n = 698) in North America from 2004 to 2013 were examined. Compared with non-harvesters, boat (86 vs 59%), solo (26 vs 13%) and night diving (10 vs 3%) were more common among harvesters. Of the divers who were low-on or out-of air, 20% were harvesters and 11% non-harvesters (OR?=?2.0, P = 0.03).