Table 4. Health issues and diving related accidents in 303 female and 363 male Turkish recreational divers responding to the survey (number of respondents and percentage shown).
| Female divers | Male divers | ||||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Smoker | 105 | (35) | 122 | (34) | |
| Alcohol | |||||
| Occasional drinker | 274 | (90) | 306 | (84) | |
| Never | 27 | (9) | 43 | (12) | |
| Alcohol pre-dive | 148 | (49) | 220 | (61) | |
| Exercise regularly | 45 | (15) | 47 | (13) | |
| Medical assessment | |||||
| Only before training | 168 | (55) | 193 | (53) | |
| Regularly | 63 | (21) | 50 | (14) | |
| No response | 12 | (4) | 9 | (2) | |
| Assessment by | |||||
| Diving physician | 89 | (29) | 143 | (39) | |
| Other (GP or specialist) | 133 | (44) | 155 | (43) | |
| No response | 81 | (27) | 65 | (18) | |
| DCS | |||||
| Signs of DCS | 3 | (1) | 11 | (3) | |
| Treated DCS | 1 | (0.3) | 4 | (1) | |
| Other | |||||
| Non-DCS trauma | 15 | (5) | 27 | (7) | |
| Barotrauma | 8 | (3) | 13 | (4) | |
| Hip/shoulder pain | 11 | (4) | 31 | (9) | |