About how many recreational boats were registered in the U.S. in 2023?
Answerabout 11.5 million
That was actually a 1.9% decrease from the prior year's registrations.
Source: U.S. Coast Guard (2023) uscgboating.org
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How many boating deaths were reported in the U.S. in 2023?
Answer564
That was part of 3,844 total reported boating accidents that year.
Source: U.S. Coast Guard (2023) uscgboating.org
Expert level
In 2012, alcohol was found to be a contributing factor in about what share of U.S. boating deaths?
Answerabout 17%
That was up from 15% in 2003, making alcohol one of the leading contributing factors in fatal accidents.
Source: Wikipedia (Boating) (2012) en.wikipedia.org
In 2023, the U.S. boating fatality rate was about how many deaths per 100,000 registered vessels?
Answer4.9
That was actually a 9.3% improvement from 2022's rate of 5.4 deaths per 100,000 vessels.
Source: U.S. Coast Guard (2023) uscgboating.org
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