Table 4. Relative occurrence of disabling injuries in 126 scuba fatalities. Ages are in years. Data are mean (SD) unless otherwise specified. N/A – not applicable; PBT/CAGE – pulmonary barotrauma/cerebral arterial gas embolism; IPE – immersion pulmonary oedema; DCS – decompression sickness .

Disabling agent	n	Male/Female	Age (all)	Age (males)	Age (females)
Asphyxia	47 (37)	33/14	42 (12)	42 (10)	40 (15)
Cardiac	32 (25)	31/1	52 (11)	52 (11)	46 (0)
CAGE/PBT	19 (15)	16/3	40 (14)	42 (14)	28 (12)
IPE	3 (2)	0/3	50 (1)	N/A	50 (1)
Trauma	3 (2)	3/0	29 (6)	29 (6)	N/A
DCS	1 (1)	1/0	45 (0)	45 (0)	N/A
Unclear	21 (17)	16/5	47 (12)	49 (12)	41 (11)