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Have there been many decompression sickness (DCS) cases reported for PDE dives?

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Have there been many decompression sickness (DCS) cases reported for PDE dives?

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Yes. The overall DCS incidence for PDE divers in our data was 4 DCS cases per 10,000 dives, but the population was not homogeneous, and the DCS incidence varied widely among subgroups (liveaboard, shore / day boat, Cozumel Dive Professionals, Scapa Flow Cold-Water Wreck). At 1 DCS case per 10,000 dives, liveaboard divers had the lowest DCS incidence in our data while Scapa Flow divers had the highest incidence at 30 cases per 10,000 dives. Cozumel dive professionals often made as many as 100 dives per series. This data is published in the Annual Diving Report, which is available online to everyone.