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The USCG Boating Safety Division has released the comprehensive analysis of boating statistics for 2008. During 2008, the Coast Guard recorded 709 deaths, 3,331 injuries and approximately $54 million dollars in damage to property, stemming from 4,789 recreational boating accidents. This represents an increase in the fatality rate (a measure of the number of deaths against the number of registered recreational boats) from 5.3 in 2007 to 5.6 deaths per 100,000 registered recreational boats in 2008.  Review the statistics [http://www.uscgboating.org/assets/1/Publications/Boating_Statistics_2008.pdf here].
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The Coast Guard's Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety today released its Recreational Boating Statistics 2009 report, which reveals a 3.81 percent increase in boating accident deaths and a 0.81 percent increase in related injuries.
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However, the number of boating accidents decreased 1.23 percent.
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The Coast Guard recorded 736 deaths, 3,358 injuries and approximately $36 million in property damage stemming from 4,730 recreational boating accidents in 2009.
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"The data in the 2009 publication echoes the message that life jacket wear is critical," said Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, the Coast Guard's director of prevention policy. "Nearly 75 percent of the 736 people who died in boating accidents in 2009 drowned and 84 percent of those victims reportedly were not wearing a life jacket. The two most important things boaters can do to prevent the loss of life is to wear a life jacket and take a boater education course."
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Review the statistics [http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.aspx here].

Revision as of 21:38, 4 August 2010

2009 Boating Accident Statistics Available

The Coast Guard's Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety today released its Recreational Boating Statistics 2009 report, which reveals a 3.81 percent increase in boating accident deaths and a 0.81 percent increase in related injuries.

However, the number of boating accidents decreased 1.23 percent.

The Coast Guard recorded 736 deaths, 3,358 injuries and approximately $36 million in property damage stemming from 4,730 recreational boating accidents in 2009.

"The data in the 2009 publication echoes the message that life jacket wear is critical," said Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, the Coast Guard's director of prevention policy. "Nearly 75 percent of the 736 people who died in boating accidents in 2009 drowned and 84 percent of those victims reportedly were not wearing a life jacket. The two most important things boaters can do to prevent the loss of life is to wear a life jacket and take a boater education course."

Review the statistics here.

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