Who Jumps at CSC?
Skydiving Statistics
People say "statistically, you have a better chance of being killed driving to the dropzone than being killed in a skydiving incident". How true is that? Savvy consumers demand accurate skydiving statistics that can help them make the right decision on where to make their first skydive. We would like to help you make that decision and we are confident that after you research the skydive statistics, that you will choose CSC over our competition. For accurate skydive statistics, try some of the following skydiving statistics web sites:
Some Skydiving Stats
Taken from Dan Poynter's Parachuting: A Skydiver's Handbook 6th edition.
1991 - 121,900 people made 2,440,000 civilian jumps
in the US.
25,000 active skydivers average approx. 100 to 125 jumps/year.
Approx. 97,000 students graduate the First Jump Course
and make a jump each year.
Approx. 300,000 student jumps/year, 1.9 million experienced
skydiver jumps/year.
1987 29 fatal parachuting accidents
in the US.
Yielding a fatality rate of 1/75,000 jumps, or 1/3,800
participants.
Comparisons
Hang Gliding: 1/2,308 hang gliding
flights.
Accidental Deaths: 1/2,582 (91,000 out of total US pop.
of 235 million in 1983)
In a recent year over 140 people died scuba diving, 856 bicycling, over 7,000 drowned, 1154 died of bee stings, and 80 by lightning. In 1982, 43,990 people were killed in highway accidents, 1,171 boating fatalities, 235 airline deaths, and 1,164 light aircraft general aviation fatalities.
Student injuries run about 2%. So out of 90,000 students, 1,800 can expect to be injured.
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