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Posted by smakmagik on Jun-20-2007 14:32:

US Sport Fatalities Rates

In 1984, R.J. McCunney and P.K. Russo published a study entitled Brain Injuries in Boxing. The study demonstrated that the U.S. sport with the highest number of deaths per 100,000 participants was horse racing:

Fatality rates per 100,000 participants

1. Horse racing: 128
2. Sky diving: 123
3. Hang gliding: 56
4. Mountaineering: 51
5. Scuba Diving: 11
6. Motorcycle racing: 7
7. College Football: 3
8. Boxing: 1.3

Discuss.

Posted by UWM on Jun-20-2007 14:34:

You are on a roll with pointless threads. Keep it up.

Posted by Slylee on Jun-20-2007 14:37:

that's why i don't want to go sky diving. never understood the thrill. i think i would probably pass out from a panic attack while free falling and not come to in time to pull my strings. lol

no thanks.

my dad had so many scares with having to use his backup shoot and all that crap and he'd STILL go after that.

Posted by smakmagik on Jun-20-2007 14:38:

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quote:
Originally posted by UWM
You are on a roll with pointless threads. Keep it up.

you are on a roll with replying in wrongly perceived pointless threads. Keep it up.

Posted by Marc Summers on Jun-20-2007 14:48:

i want to go sky diving

Posted by gehzumteufel on Jun-20-2007 15:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
that's why i don't want to go sky diving. never understood the thrill. i think i would probably pass out from a panic attack while free falling and not come to in time to pull my strings. lol

no thanks.

my dad had so many scares with having to use his backup shoot and all that crap and he'd STILL go after that.

haha yeah i want to go but i KNOW ill be scared shitless so i dunno if ill ever end up going.

Posted by Lira on Jun-20-2007 16:05:

Down with Equine Slavery!!!　Rebel!!!　

Posted by iammesol on Jun-20-2007 20:03:

loooool @ the guy who died from boxing

Posted by Sunsnail on Jun-20-2007 22:46:

What kind of accidents can happen during scuba diving?

Posted by smakmagik on Jun-20-2007 22:57:

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quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
What kind of accidents can happen during scuba diving?

dunno....

maybe........

nahh...guess it would be something related to lack of oxygen.

Posted by Sunsnail on Jun-20-2007 23:01:

How far down do scuba divers really go? Aren't they relatively close to the surface?

Posted by DarkAngel on Jun-20-2007 23:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
What kind of accidents can happen during scuba diving?

Well, you can always get stabbed by a swordfish, marlin or stingray. Or maybe get the piss scared out for you by some swimming sushi and surface too fast and get an embellism.

Maybe your oxygen tank can blow up.

Posted by tubby on Jun-20-2007 23:07:

quote:
Originally posted by Sunsnail
How far down do scuba divers really go? Aren't they relatively close to the surface?

open water (1st level of cert) is limited to 18 meters or 60 feet, advanced goes to 30 metres, deep diver cert is 40 metres.
Professional divers go far deeper but then spend hours or days in decompression chambers.
some deaths from embolisms from surfacing too fast, some heart attacks from being unfit to dive, some from doing stupid things when suffering narcosis.

Posted by getfoul on Jun-21-2007 01:47:

motorcycle racing > college football

Posted by Subey on Jun-21-2007 01:56:

I'm under the impression that the highest likelihood of mortality is being a speedboat racer when you take into account the small number of people who do it.

Posted by dj tek on Jun-21-2007 02:04:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
You are on a roll with pointless threads. Keep it up.

hahahha

Posted by Fledz on Jun-21-2007 02:23:

College Football lol!

I would have thought boxing would be more dangerous.