2007 DAN Diving report
The 2007 DAN Diving report is out. Not many people read the annual DAN reports but some of the trends may be interesting
Interesting facts from DANs PDE (2005 - latest report)
The greatest number and average age of divers is in their 40's
years diving: about 7% of divers in each of the years 1-5, 5% each in years 6-10 and the remaining 40% having more than 10 years
About half are AOW or OW with <10% instructor and <5% Cave/Technical
about 70% of dives were shallower then 90' more then 95% were shallower then 120 and less then 1% were 150' or deeper.
65% used wetsuits, 15% drysuits, and the remaining 20% lycra, diveskin or swimsuit
About half as many women as men
women less likely to become Dive Master / Dive instructor then men
women about twice as likely to get into Cave/Technical
(As a result there may be as many or more women in Cave/Technical diving as men despite a lower overall number of women in diving)
About 78% of dives are planned using dive computers (up from 71% in 2003)
The overall rate of DCI is around 3 cases per 10,000 dives (down from a high of 5-10 prior to 2000)
Non PDE trends
It is assumed the number of dives and number of divers has been growing yearly
the number of diving fatalities has generally lessened since 1970 and remained relatively constant since 2000
the number of breath-hold diving incidents is increasing since 2000
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