The long and short of it? No one really knows the exact answer. All sorts of figures are out there but who knows what the source of that information is and how reliable it is? By far the best discussion I found on the subject of how many people scuba dive in the US was in the May issue of Undercurrent magazine. Some highlights from that story:. From DAN Divers Alert Network : "There's really no true number for certified divers because this is not a regulated industry, so it will always be a squishy figure.
We've quoted the 1 to 3 million number on our diving fatality reports. The most recent estimates posted for the calendar year ranged from 1. So what is Undercurrent's best guess to how many people scuba dive in the US? They state that "If you define active as taking five or more dives a year, which seems reasonable, we think 1. You can read the full Undercurrent report for yourself here. Another example of an estimate I've found - just one of the many other statistics I've read - comes from The University of South Carolina's scuba diving club.
They report an estimated 2. They also state another , become certified each year in the United States. There was no source cited for these figures. So who knows? So worldwide, what is the best guesstimate of many scuba divers are there out there? I've read million. You are commenting using your Facebook account.
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A sport with a participation rate of 5 percent has a confidence interval of plus or minus 0. However, scuba diving participation was significantly smaller Figure 1 shows the age distribution of casual divers versus core participants. This may be partly because the later includes wider age range.
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