How dangerous is sky diving?
Between 1995 and now, there have been 833 reported sky diving fatalities worldwide. In 2008 there were 61 reported deaths, 32 of these being in the United States. As for the parachutes. Main Parachute- 0.1% of the time, meaning about 1 out of 1000 jumps. The risk of both parachutes failing is over 1 in a million. There are other reasons that people die sky diving. The estimation is about 1 in 80,000 sky divers will die. Most people die from sky diving because of human error, with fully functional parachutes. For continued reading on sky diving fatalities and parachute malfunctions please check my sources.
