"Table 5-3  Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) and Drownings in Recreational Boating Accidents, 2006",,,,,,
Cause of death, PFD Status ,, Total Fatalities ,,,
, Worn , Not Worn ,,,,
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning,0, 12 , 12 ,,,
Drowning, 51 , 423 , 474 ,,,
Hypothermia, 6 , 9 , 15 ,,,
Other, 11 , 20 , 31 ,,,
Cardiac, 5 , 13 , 18 ,,,
Trauma, 49 , 81 , 130 ,,,
Unknown, 4 , 26 , 30 ,,,
Total, 126 , 584 , 710 ,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics, 2006; available at: http://www.uscgboating.org as of Mar. 24, 2008.",,,,,,
"• Approximately 70% of all fatal boating accident victims drowned (474 out of 692). Moreover, 89% of the victims who drowned were not wearing their personal flotation device (PFD or lifejacket), up from 86% in 2000 and 88% in 2005.",,,,,,