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> The basic table is based on a DCS rate of 1% when used to the table limits.

So I assume this means that a 1% rate would give you an expectation of
one hit if 100 people were to dive the tables to the limits. But how
should this be interpreted?

I could see it meaning that after 100 dives you can expect to be bent
once. I could also see it meaning that these tables are safe for about
99% of the people. In other words, if you use these tables then you have
a 1% chance of ever getting bent. This interpretation means that 99%
of the people have some sort of physiology that allows them to not be
bent under the conditions of the table.

I know that oxygen toxicity limits have been found to be highly variable
even for the same individual on different days. Have similiar studies
been done for DCS? Does your susceptibility to DCS change dramatically
based on what you eat for breakfast or is it more steady than that?

> If you can print PstScript, following is a graph comparing the NDL's for
> the NMRI 1% and 5% tables with the PADI RDP.  The upper curve is NMRI 5%,
> middle PADI, and lower NMRI 1%.

Many thanks for the graphical data. Very easy to digest.

Devon

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