Last updated:

  • Didn’t wear a personal flotation device: 56 percent of injured victims; 88 percent of fatally injured victims
  • Didn’t know how to swim: 31 percent of injured victims, 43 percent of fatally injured victims
  • Injured victim alcohol/drug use: 5 percent
  • Fatally injured victim alcohol/drug use: 32 percent
  • Ejected from the boat: 202 injured victims, 33 Fatally injured
  • Gender of fatally injured victims: Male, 91 percent; Female, 9 percent
  • Age of fatally injured victims: Ages 51+, 43 percent; ages 22 to 35, 22 percent; ages 36 to 50, 25 percent; Ages 17 to 21, 5 percent; Under age 17, 6 percent