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

Rowley, B.; Buzzacott, Peter; Denoble, P.

doi:10.1093/jtm/taw068

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Rowley, B.

Buzzacott, Peter

Denoble, P.

Date

2016

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Rowley, B. and Buzzacott, P. and Denoble, P. 2016. Ten years of recreational diving fatalities in the United States and Canada: harvesters vs non-harvesters. Journal of Travel Medicine. 24 (1).

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Journal of Travel Medicine

DOI

10.1093/jtm/taw068

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1708-8305

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School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71402

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Curtin Research Publications

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© 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).