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Recreational boating accidents and deaths

New York ranked 34th out of 56 states and territories in 2011 in the number of recreational boating fatalities per 100,000 registered boats. Here is information compiled by the U.S. Coast Guard on accidents and fatalities involving recreational boating from 2007 to 2011.

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Area Accidents 2007 Accidents 2008 Accidents 2009 Accidents 2010 Accidents 2011 Deaths 2007 Deaths 2008 Deaths 2009 Deaths 2010 Deaths 2011 Fatality rate 2011 Fatality rate rank
Totals 5,191 4,789 4,730 4,604 4,588 685 709 736 672 758 6.2 -
Alabama 96 76 75 90 73 11 16 14 20 19 7.2 23
Alaska 48 44 19 24 20 17 14 14 11 15 29.9 4
American Samoa - - - - - - - - - - 0.0 55
Arizona 167 158 151 113 55 8 6 3 6 15 8.4 19
Arkansas 81 66 78 60 158 18 14 17 14 11 7.5 22
California 601 520 478 412 399 55 45 47 48 52 6.1 33
Colorado 54 39 60 53 58 7 7 13 7 10 11.2 12
Connecticut 61 53 56 52 42 8 11 8 7 8 7.6 21
Delaware 15 11 16 21 10 2 3 1 2 3 5.2 40
Florida 663 616 610 608 685 75 55 67 69 61 6.9 26
Georgia 139 150 145 135 96 18 18 12 19 14 4.3 44
Guam 1 1 1 1 2 - 1 - - 2 70.6 1
Hawaii 10 21 19 15 17 2 5 7 4 6 44.9 2
Idaho 63 65 74 67 57 8 15 15 13 12 14.2 8
Illinois 107 119 96 97 106 13 19 16 15 23 6.2 32
Indiana 32 55 42 43 50 7 8 13 8 10 4.6 43
Iowa 47 38 37 54 38 9 - 3 6 4 1.7 53
Kansas 24 38 27 30 40 6 5 6 6 7 8.0 20
Kentucky 59 46 62 75 46 13 6 21 14 10 5.8 36
Louisiana 119 110 120 105 112 30 38 33 21 36 11.9 10
Maine 90 32 44 34 48 15 9 8 8 12 11.2 13
Maryland 170 159 174 196 184 10 9 17 9 19 10.1 16
Massachusetts 36 64 51 60 46 9 11 10 16 9 6.4 29
Michigan 185 187 131 132 129 34 34 36 27 26 3.2 50
Minnesota 123 86 82 82 75 15 12 15 12 16 2.0 52
Mississippi 31 24 39 17 34 7 5 16 8 11 7.0 25
Missouri 168 135 150 161 128 7 20 17 14 20 6.6 27
Montana 24 31 20 11 19 4 14 6 2 10 23.3 5
Nebraska 31 20 31 24 22 7 2 6 5 5 5.9 35
Nevada 76 80 67 59 42 5 6 7 2 7 13.8 9
New Hampshire 54 28 60 46 36 6 2 7 3 2 2.2 51
New Jersey 136 140 126 116 119 8 10 6 8 8 4.8 42
New Mexico 38 30 34 37 24 1 3 3 8 2 5.3 39
New York 180 160 148 211 173 21 24 23 27 28 6.0 34
Northern Mariana Islands - 1 2 1 5 - - - - - 0.0 56
North Carolina 158 148 144 148 144 19 18 19 24 28 7.1 24
North Dakota 10 15 7 11 10 - - - 3 5 10.5 14
Ohio 121 125 105 127 135 14 15 9 16 15 3.5 47
Oklahoma 56 54 55 51 57 12 11 14 13 11 5.5 38
Oregon 60 53 67 60 66 9 13 13 11 10 5.8 37
Pennsylvania 64 59 58 70 87 11 8 11 7 22 6.6 28
Puerto Rico 7 1 9 12 3 2 - 4 3 1 4.1 46
Rhode Island 44 35 50 34 26 4 4 1 2 2 4.9 41
South Carolina 104 107 95 102 93 16 29 11 27 19 4.2 45
South Dakota 12 16 21 18 13 2 3 3 4 2 3.5 48
Tennessee 146 130 117 116 117 17 20 22 19 22 8.5 18
Texas 197 218 168 163 197 46 61 38 28 37 6.4 30
Utah 71 80 87 103 109 5 5 11 10 8 11.7 11
Vermont 3 8 4 2 7 1 5 2 - 3 10.4 15
Virgin Islands 3 - 1 2 - - - 1 3 - 0.0 54
Virginia 145 95 137 102 121 12 17 27 14 21 8.7 17
Washington 97 98 111 72 93 26 22 22 18 15 6.4 31
Washington, D.C. 4 2 - 1 4 - - - - 1 34.6 3
West Virginia 26 11 32 23 17 7 1 15 8 8 15.5 7
Wisconsin 119 110 102 104 110 18 20 16 18 22 3.5 49
Wyoming 8 11 18 15 16 4 2 4 1 6 21.3 6
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