[Retric]

The population is tiny which means even if the accident rate is low per time, the risk per diver is extremely high.

It depends on you benchmark, but people think of police officer as a dangerous job and they mostly die in car accidents.

[DyslexicAtheist]

you're right of course. location also matters, e.g. it's far more dangerous in the Gulf of Mexico where you work with horrible equipment in an extremely deep location and little oversight. my point though was that it is dangerous but not for the reasons given. I have seen horrible accidents but none of them were under water or in decompression.

[fjsolwmv]

Isn't there something about how general aviation pilots mostly die flying if they don't retire from it young?

[toomanybeersies]

There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots. That's the saying anyway.