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More folk died in their bath than sailing :D

Residential Inland Coastal
Bath 25 6% River, stream, etc 137 31% Inshore 76 17%
Garden pond 6 1% Lake 50 11% Other 25 6%
Other 3 0.7% Canal 44 10% Dock/Harbour 18 4%
Swimming pool 2 0.5% Other 3 0.7% Cliff 11 3%
Floods 2 0.5% [Reservoir is incorporated in the above statistics] [10] [2%]

n + sea + swimming pool = 435

The number of children drowning at home in baths, in garden ponds and related water features is still in double figures (13) and 25 people, primarily elderly persons, accidentally drowned in domestic baths.

Males account for 297 (68%) of all suspected accidental drowning, while there were 83 females (19%). There were 55 (13%) fatalities for which gender has not been recorded.
By activities/behaviour
Activity Fatalities Activity Fatalities
Non-intentional immersion 121
>> (Fell in) (63) Other Occupational 8
Under further investigation 121 Power boat 7
Swimming 52 Xtreme sport & other water sport 5
Other intentional immersion 35 Transport 4
Driving 28 Canoeing 3
Sailing 19 Deliberate Fatality 3
Sub Aqua 17 Fishing 3
Angling 8 Rowing 1

Grand Total 435
 
Here we go again - another troll from Sybarite!

It's clear you are not very good with stats.

The figures you have to look at are the number of people who do the activity and compare that with the number of deaths and then you will have a fair comparison of risk.

Shorn
 
Shorn100 said:
Here we go again - another troll from Sybarite!

It's clear you are not very good with stats.

The figures you have to look at are the number of people who do the activity and compare that with the number of deaths and then you will have a fair comparison of risk.

Shorn
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You've had your humour surgically removed?

I have made a statement of fact, not a statistical interpretation of the facts. On what basis do you conclude from what I have written that I am not very good at stats (which were part of my university course)?
 
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Shorn100 said:
Here we go again - another troll from Sybarite!

It's clear you are not very good with stats.

The figures you have to look at are the number of people who do the activity and compare that with the number of deaths and then you will have a fair comparison of risk.

Shorn
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But these are not "statistics" - even if the providing wrongly calls them that. They are categorised data and no inference is being drawn from them. Sybarite's observation is correct - but it does not mean, nor does he claim, that the risk of drowning while driving a car is greater than while sailing. Just that more people died in that period while driving a car than while sailing.

What you could say from the data given is that 0.00003% (approximately) of the total population died from drowning while sailing, but that really does not add anything.
 
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Tranona said:
But these are not "statistics" - even if the providing wrongly calls them that. They are categorised data and no inference is being drawn from them. Sybarite's observation is correct - but it does not mean, nor does he claim, that the risk of drowning while driving a car is greater than while sailing. Just that more people died in that period while driving a car than while sailing.

What you could say from the data given is that 0.00003% (approximately) of the total population died from drowning while sailing, but that really does not add anything.
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Thank you.
 
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