H TERVORT writes: > A factor that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is the actual cause of > death. I believe in the original post I added something on cause of death. In case I didn't, here it is. As before, this is from the ACA study of USCG data: Hazardous water/weather was a primary factor in 73% of all kayaking deaths. Operator experience was the primary cause of 19%. This report does not separate kayak deaths by whitewater or flat water. Hypothermia: 52% of the deaths occurred when the water temperature was below 65 degrees. About half of those, it was below 50 degrees While this may not provide the granularity we want, it is the best I can provide at this time. I did ask the ACA to send me the raw reports, but have not heard back from them. Brian Blankinship *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 22 2003 - 16:14:49 PDT
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