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CLOTHING AND GEAR WORN OR CARRIED BY THE VICTIM (N=339)
|
Clothing And Gear |
Attacks (%) |
Face Mask With Or Without Snorkel |
73.7 |
Swim Fins |
57.8 |
Weapon (E.G., Knife, Speargun, or Powerhead) |
51.6 |
Wet Suit/Dry Suit |
26.0 |
Swimsuit |
23.0 |
Dive Bag/Stringer |
22.4 |
Scuba |
21.8 |
Other Gear |
18.9 |
Hard Hat Suit |
2.7 |
Non Swim Clothing |
1.2 |
COLORS OF DIVING VICTIMS’ GEAR AND CLOTHING
Order by Area of Color Group
|
Color |
Primary |
Secondary |
Tertiary |
Total (%) |
Black/Grey/Slate |
61.3 |
10.6 |
5.3 |
68.8 |
Blue/Aqua/Turquoise |
13.5 |
27.3 |
13.2 |
33.9 |
White/Silver/Talc |
9.0 |
12.1 |
18.4 |
22.3 |
Brown/Tan/Buff/Rust/Sienna/Cocoa/Beige |
6.3 |
4.5 |
2.6 |
9.8 |
Red/Pink/Rose/Magenta/Coral/Maroon |
4.5 |
10.6 |
15.8 |
16.1 |
Green/Olive/Teal/Lime/Avacado |
3.6 |
6.1 |
13.2 |
11.6 |
Yellow/Gold/Khaki/Lemon |
1.8 |
19.7 |
28.9 |
23.2 |
Orange/Peach/Apricot |
0.0 |
9.1 |
2.6 |
6.3 |
Number of observations: primary (N=111), secondary (N=66), tertiary (N=38), and total (N=112).
COLOR COMBINATIONS OF VICTIMS’ GEAR IN SHARK ATTACKS ON DIVERS (N=64)
|
Color |
Attacks (%) |
Black and blue |
23.4 |
Black and yellow |
12.5 |
Black and white |
10.9 |
Black and red |
7.8 |
Blue and black |
7.8 |
Black and orange |
4.7 |
Blue and yellow |
4.7 |
Black and green |
3.1 |
Blue and orange |
3.1 |
Red and blue |
3.1 |
White and brown |
3.1 |
White and yellow |
3.1 |
Black and brown |
1.6 |
Blue and white |
1.6 |
Brown and black |
1.6 |
Green and red |
1.6 |
Red and green |
1.6 |
White and blue |
1.6 |
White and orange |
1.6 |
Yellow and red |
1.6 |
