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Skydiving is known for being very safe. Safer than american football, boxing, scuba diving, motorbike racing, and many other sports [0] [0] http://www.bestheal

by joeyspn 10y ago

Skydiving is known for being very safe. Safer than american football, boxing, scuba diving, motorbike racing, and many other sports [0] [0] http://www.besthealthdegrees.com/health-risks/ http://www.besthealthdegrees.com/health-risks/

dahart 10y ago
Whoa there buddy, slow your roll. I used non-specific and subjective language. Please tell me how skydiving ranks against boxing per participation-hour. EDIT: The comment above used to say "stop spreading lies". That's why I said "slow your roll", I was being called a liar for expressing my opinion. Now that he edited his comment, mine looks bitchy. But maybe you can stop downvoting me anyway?
- joeyspn 10y ago
  I don't know of stats that include per participation-hour. If you have them please share... I provided you with stats from trusted sources like the National Center for Health Statistics (see the link).
  - dahart 10y ago
    I'll go look, it's been many years. Regardless, it's easy to see that participation hours racks up more deaths in skydiving than other sports. You are free to express your opinion, and free to disagree with mine. What you can't do is call me a liar for expressing my opinion, that is unreasonable. All of the sports you listed are super dangerous. Plus, you ignored the larger point. I wasn't making a point about skydiving, I was saying something about BASE jumping. Do you disagree that wingsuit BASE is more dangerous than skydiving? I am a skydiver. I'm not current, but as a subscriber to USPA magazine, I'm well aware of the safety levels and risks. As are you. How you interpret the stats is up to you, but it's fair to call any significant number of deaths in any activity "super dangerous". It's equally fair to say that something with lower deaths than something else is, relatively, "super safe". All a matter of perspective. But really, why do you care? It's not a secret that skydiving has risks. What's your point trying to call me out for saying that? Do you think people aren't participating in it because of the risks, and that my speaking it out loud is going to prevent someone from trying it? The article the thread is about is talking about how the display of risky behavior has led to more risky behavior, not less. My local DZs are curious how every single time there's an accident and the local news talks about it, business triples for a month or so.
    - joeyspn 10y ago
      > ...as a subscriber to USPA magazine.. Somewhat you missed the safety section in USPA's website: "According to the National Safety Council, a person is much more likely to be killed getting struck by lightning or stung by a bee." http://www.uspa.org/facts-faqs/safety http://www.uspa.org/facts-faqs/safety
      - dahart 10y ago
        Again, what's your point? Skydiving is super safe. There, are you happy? What you just cited is both irrelevant and not a statistic. Getting stung by bees doesn't typically result in injury or death, so who cares how likely it is relative to anything? Neither lightning strikes nor bee stings are "activities" per se, it's not something you choose to do. It's more fair to compare skydiving to motocross. But people don't accidentally skydive, so comparing to lightning strikes and bee stings is meaningless.
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dahart 10y ago
> Skydiving is known for being very safe. Safer than american football, boxing, scuba diving, motorbike racing, and many other sports [0] BTW, after looking at the reference you provided, it's clear that skydiving is more dangerous than every other activity you just quoted, you got it backwards. Scroll to the bottom. Parachuting Mortality rate: 0.1754 (/100 participants) Boxing Mortality rate: 0.0455 (/100 participants) Mountain hiking Mortality rate: 0.0064 (/100 participants) Scuba diving Mortality rate: 0.0029 (/100 participants) American football Mortality rate: 0.0020 (/100 participants)

by joeyspn 10y ago

dahart 10y ago

Whoa there buddy, slow your roll. I used non-specific and subjective language. Please tell me how skydiving ranks against boxing per participation-hour. EDIT: The comment above used to say "stop spreading lies". That's why I said "slow your roll", I was being called a liar for expressing my opinion. Now that he edited his comment, mine looks bitchy. But maybe you can stop downvoting me anyway?

joeyspn 10y ago
I don't know of stats that include per participation-hour. If you have them please share... I provided you with stats from trusted sources like the National Center for Health Statistics (see the link).
- dahart 10y ago
  I'll go look, it's been many years. Regardless, it's easy to see that participation hours racks up more deaths in skydiving than other sports. You are free to express your opinion, and free to disagree with mine. What you can't do is call me a liar for expressing my opinion, that is unreasonable. All of the sports you listed are super dangerous. Plus, you ignored the larger point. I wasn't making a point about skydiving, I was saying something about BASE jumping. Do you disagree that wingsuit BASE is more dangerous than skydiving? I am a skydiver. I'm not current, but as a subscriber to USPA magazine, I'm well aware of the safety levels and risks. As are you. How you interpret the stats is up to you, but it's fair to call any significant number of deaths in any activity "super dangerous". It's equally fair to say that something with lower deaths than something else is, relatively, "super safe". All a matter of perspective. But really, why do you care? It's not a secret that skydiving has risks. What's your point trying to call me out for saying that? Do you think people aren't participating in it because of the risks, and that my speaking it out loud is going to prevent someone from trying it? The article the thread is about is talking about how the display of risky behavior has led to more risky behavior, not less. My local DZs are curious how every single time there's an accident and the local news talks about it, business triples for a month or so.
  - joeyspn 10y ago
    > ...as a subscriber to USPA magazine.. Somewhat you missed the safety section in USPA's website: "According to the National Safety Council, a person is much more likely to be killed getting struck by lightning or stung by a bee." http://www.uspa.org/facts-faqs/safety http://www.uspa.org/facts-faqs/safety
    - dahart 10y ago
      Again, what's your point? Skydiving is super safe. There, are you happy? What you just cited is both irrelevant and not a statistic. Getting stung by bees doesn't typically result in injury or death, so who cares how likely it is relative to anything? Neither lightning strikes nor bee stings are "activities" per se, it's not something you choose to do. It's more fair to compare skydiving to motocross. But people don't accidentally skydive, so comparing to lightning strikes and bee stings is meaningless.
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dahart 10y ago

> Skydiving is known for being very safe. Safer than american football, boxing, scuba diving, motorbike racing, and many other sports [0] BTW, after looking at the reference you provided, it's clear that skydiving is more dangerous than every other activity you just quoted, you got it backwards. Scroll to the bottom. Parachuting Mortality rate: 0.1754 (/100 participants) Boxing Mortality rate: 0.0455 (/100 participants) Mountain hiking Mortality rate: 0.0064 (/100 participants) Scuba diving Mortality rate: 0.0029 (/100 participants) American football Mortality rate: 0.0020 (/100 participants)