Parachuting/Data

Data from studies on skydiving and BASE jumping.

This could be further refined: skydiving seems to be getting safer over time, with fewer injuries/deaths reported in more recent years. The big skydiving systemic review used here uses statistics from years ago.

Other ways to slice the data might be useful, too-- for example, if there are statistics on tandem diving with an experienced skydiver, or wing-suit flying, or first-time-solo jumps those could be interesting variations.

variation	mean_fatality_rate	mean_injury_rate	reference
skydiving	0.000011	0.00044	Barthel C, Halvachizadeh S, Gamble JG, Pape HC, Rauer T. Recreational Skydiving-Really That Dangerous? A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 10;20(2):1254. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20021254. PMID: 36674008; PMCID: PMC9859333
BASE jumping	0.0004	0.004	Soreide K, Ellingsen CL, Knutson V. How dangerous is BASE jumping? An analysis of adverse events in 20,850 jumps from the Kjerag Massif, Norway. J Trauma. 2007 May;62(5):1113-7. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000239815.73858.88. PMID: 17495709

  RiskModel: Parachuting/Data:fatality_risk_per_jump
    Content: Your chances of dying, per jump, are about {{One_In_X|{mean_fatality_rate}}}

  RiskModel: Parachuting/Data:injury_risk_per_jump
    Content: Your chances of being seriously injured, per jump, are about {{One_In_X|{mean_injury_rate}}}