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Editor: Rod Sullivan
Profession: Maritime Attorney

Category: Boating Accidents

If you anwered Florida, you would be wrong. Surprisingly, Oregon has the highest recreational boating fatality rate per 100,000 boaters. It's rate averages about 8 fatalities per 100,000 while the national average is about 5.5.

Both the national and Oregon rates have been declining over the past fifteen years. In 1991 the national rate was 8.3 while the Oregon rate was 12.4.