Sunlive – why men make more risky choices in drowning

Men-especially over 55 years old to dominate drowning Statistics even as the general death rates decrease, the data show.

A Water safety The lawyer says that too many men can feel “resistant to bullets” and can make “bad decisions” around the water and have a higher risk of general exposure.

New Zealand water safety recorded 72 drowned victims Last year, the fifth smallest from the formal records started in 1980 and the smallest of 2018.

Sixty of them, or 83%, were men – In accordance with the tendencies of previous years.

Of the 90 deaths drowned in 2023, 75 (83%) were men, and in 2022 85% of the 94 drowned deaths were also men.

Ten years ago, in 2014, water safety, New Zealand registered 56 men drowned from 71 in general (79%). At that time he was the smallest male in 2010.

In Bay of Plety, all the seven of those who drowned Last year there were men between the ages of 20 and 50.

Daniel Gerrard, the executive director of the safety of water, Daniel Gerrard, said that men continued to make “bad decisions” around water at a higher rate than women.

“We have a drowning rate of 55 plus dominated by men. Older men are the greatest demographic users of water users and probably have a “bullets” type mentality.

He said this group is the largest Users of powered boats And it can be less likely to see rescue jackets as an essential life rescue device.

“Males seem to be more active in recreational water activities for a longer period of time, and their risks of exposure seem to be higher.”

Daniel Gerrard, the executive director of water safety, Daniel Gerrard, says that gender disappearance in drowning refers to attitude and behavior.

Gerrard said that gender disappearance in drowning has reached attitude and behavior.

The national coastal and water study of water safety 2024, which involved over 1000 people aged 16 and over, has generally found men more likely than females to take risks.

Discovered that men were:

• More likely to agree that they are competent enough to take a risk during water activities.
• Less likely to say that an activity such as fishing or boat is dangerous.
• Less likely to agree to rescue jackets should be mandatory.
• Less likely to say he would swim to save someone caught in a break, but when he asked to identify RIPS, over 25% could not.
• More likely to report that they had difficulty in water in the past five years.

The coastal environments represented 26 drowned deaths in 2024.

About 63% of the Bay of Plenty population lives 10 km of coast, higher than the national average of 46%.

Last summer, New Zealand registered, in the Dampaow Prevention Report, 75% of the residents of the Gulf Plety visit the coast for an average of two hours.

He called Mount Beach Mount in its 2024 updated list of 10 Blackspots National Drowning-Zone-high-which reflects the popularity and associated risks. It had 19 incidents reported in 2024, until 11 the previous year.

Tom Kearney, New Zealand’s coast safety manager, Tom Kearney, said there is a huge disappearance in the proportion of drowning men.

The report Aon Surf Lifesaving Lifesaving New Zealand Beach & Coastal Safety showed in season 2023-24, 93% of those who drowned on the coast were men, compared to the average of 10 years of 88%.

Tom Kearney is Surf Life Saving Coast Safety Manager in New Zealand.

Kearney said men are more likely to overestimate their ability while underestimating conditions and risks.

“This disappearance is largely due to the fact that men take more risks in water.”

He said that if there are doubts about floating skills, “stay outside the water.”

According to the safety of water, New Zealand, the drowning in the Bay of Pornt were evenly distributed on rivers, beaches and offshore media in 2024.

The main activity was swimming, which represented four deaths-the subject of the 10-year-old navigation represented two deaths.

Calls because of “inexperience”

New Zealand on the coast said that Rotorua lakes have attracted many boats, swimmers and paddlers throughout the year.

Coastguard Rotorua Lakes reported 21 calls in the 12 months to June, with 60 people who need assistance.

This has exceeded the annual average in the last decade of 14 calls.

The President of the Rotorua lakes at the Rotorua Coast, Jeremy Porma, said that 90% of his calls were from “Unexpected people from the kayak” on Lake Rotorua.

The popular areas included Hamurana, Ngongotahā, Kawaha Point and Hannah’s Point.

“People do not realize that the lake is often quite superficial even at 200m to 300 m of shore. It can look beautiful and calm from the shore, but when you go further, it changes, ”said Doorman.

The President of the Rotorua lakes from Coast Rotorua, Jeremy Porma, says that 90% of his calls are from inexperienced people.

His advice for anyone was directed to Lake Rotorua was to “shed your experience”.

The NZ study for water safety presented men participated in activities such as fishing and browsing more than women and spent more time for activities such as fishing.

Men drowned while doing leisure activities, such as fishing, navigation, jumping, free diving, jetsking, kayak, electric navigation, rafting and swimming.

Others died after they fell and slipped underwater.

Bay of Plety Harbourmaster, Jon Jon Peters, said that his team worked to keep the waterways safe and educate the boats was a critical part of this work.

“To help minimize incidents dealing with navigation, we have designed areas for specific activities such as jetsking, towing and swimming sports.”

The comprehensive signs at the boat ramps and more than 800 browsing aids, lights and beacons helped to educate the boats on the rules.

Kaitlyn Morrell He is a multimedia journalist for Bay of Plety Times and Rotorua Daily Post. She has lived in the region for a few years and has studied journalism at Massey University.