Abstract

REGALADO DOMINGUEZ, Maricela; HERRERA MIRANDA, Guillermo Luís  and  GARCIA LLANO, Marité. Clinical-epidemiological behavior of diving accidents at "Maria la Gorda" International Diving Center, Pinar del Río. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.1, pp.159-168. ISSN 1561-3194.

Diving is a sports, recreational, safe, and studied activity having risks of any other. The results of a descriptive, observation, and cross-sectional research was conducted with a sample comprised of all the divers that suffered any kind of diving accident at "Maria la Gorda" International Diving Center, Pinar del Rio, during 2007-2008. The information was recorded in a statistical database system (STATISTIC), which allowed applying detailed estimates of relative frequencies to the descriptive-statistical analysis of the results. Chi square test and its variants of contingency table, as well as the hypothesis to compare the corresponding ratios to the mutual exclusive category were used. Male sex and the age bracket of 30 to 39 prevailed. The most frequent diving accidents were: barotraumas of the ear having no significant differences regarding sex. Older ages than 45 and female sex were the most predisposing factors that affected the sample taken.  The most affected category of divers was: nonprofessionals, followed by sports and professionals without significant statistical differences. The majority of the accidents were not fatal.

Keywords : Accidents; epidemiology.

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