Comment by otoburb
10 years ago
Here are some stats measured in micromorts[1]:
Skydiving (US): 9 out of a million chance of death per jump
Skydiving (UK): 8 out of a million chance of death per jump
... where 1 micromort = 1 in a million probability of dying
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort#Leisure_and_sport
Yeah, sky diving is relatively safe. It's BASE jumping and wing suiting where most deaths occur, but they are often all lumped together.