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Table 5-1
Recreational Boating—Age of Fatality Victims and Injuries, 2006
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| 12
and under |
15 |
14 |
29 |
231 |
| 13 -
19 |
39 |
23 |
62 |
628 |
| 20 -
29 |
97 |
39 |
136 |
725 |
| 30 -
39 |
78 |
31 |
109 |
570 |
| 40 -
49 |
83 |
43 |
126 |
477 |
| 50 -
59 |
66 |
36 |
102 |
333 |
| 60 -
69 |
38 |
20 |
58 |
133 |
| 70 -
79 |
28 |
16 |
44 |
42 |
| 80
and Over |
7 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
| Unknown |
23 |
13 |
36 |
326 |
| Total |
474 |
236 |
710 |
3,474 |
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.
- Most drowning victims whose ages were known were between the ages of 20 and 29, followed by the 40 to 49 age group.
- The 20 to 29 age group also had the highest number of recreational boating injuries whose ages were known, followed by the 13 to 19 age group.
- In 2006, most injuries occurred on open motorboats (1,863). Personal watercraft followed a distant second (919).
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