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SCUBA Diving Fatalities in the Philippines from 2001 to 2021

Requested from PSA by K. Bacharo at 12:05 AM on Apr 27, 2023.
Purpose: Research and Development
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2001 - 12/31/2022
Tracking no: #PSA-442221994170

Bacharo 12:05 AM, Apr 27, 2023 

Hi, I am a faculty researcher from the University of San Carlos. I would like to ask from one your humble office if it would be possible for us to retrieve data with regards to scuba diving fatality cases from 2001 to 2022. These include information on:
1. Date of incidence (day/month/year)
2. Province
3. Age
4. Gender (male/female)
5. Nationality (Filipino/Foreigner)
6. SCUBA Certification
7. Causes

If some of the information are not available. Any information with regards to scuba fatalities would suffice.

Nisperos 06:26 PM, May 17, 2023 

May 17, 2023

Dear Kurt Bacharo,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Apr 27, 2023 12:05:08 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for SCUBA Diving Fatalities in the Philippines from 2001 to 2021.

Your FOI request is approved. 

Please be informed that we do not have specific data on the number of fatalities cause by Scuba Diving. 

Relatively, we have number on the Accidental Drowning and Submersion under the Causes of Deaths in the Philippines: 
2022 Causes of Deaths in the Philippines (Preliminary as of 31 January 2023): https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/crd/pressrelease/1-%28ons-cleared%29_Tables%201-
3_Attachment%20to%20PR%20on%202022%20COD_as%20of%2031%20January%202023_ONS.xlsx

2021 Philippine Statistical Yearbook (PSY), Chapter 9: Vital, Health and Nutrition Statistics: https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/9_2021.xlsx

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(Information Technology Officer III)
Officer-in-Charge
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