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In 2024 Coast Guard data, where the cause was known, what share of boating deaths were drownings?

About 3 in 4 (76%).

  1. About 3 in 4 ✔
  2. About 1 in 4
  3. About 1 in 10

Why: Where the cause of death was known, 76% of people killed in boating incidents drowned. Drowning is the number one cause of boating deaths, and often preventable with a life jacket.

Huh, didn't know that: The Coast Guard counted 556 recreational boating deaths in 2024.

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Sources

  1. USCG Recreational Boating Statistics 2024 (COMDTPUB P16754.38) https://www.uscgboating.org/library/accident-statistics/Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2024.pdf
  2. USCG, A Boater's Guide to the Federal Requirements for Recreational Boats (2023) https://www.uscgboating.org/assets/1/AssetManager/Boaters-Guide-to-Federal-Requirements-for-Receational-Boats-20231108.pdf

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