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>hi all,
>
>quite a while ago, someone posted a curve comparing the no decompression
>limits of the new Navy tables (I can't tell which year) and PADI tables.
>The Navy tables were supposed to yield 1 and 5 % DCI incidence respectively.
>
>I compared the data of this graph with some other tables which are:
>- the old Buehlmann-Hahn used in Germany
>- the new Hahn tables of the year 92 used nowadays in Germany
>- the BSAC tables (the newrer ones)
>- the Comex Pro tables used by french commercial divers introduced in 1992
>
>I haven't included the Marine Nationale 90 used by french divers, nor
>the canadian table (I forgot the name). I also haven't done a comparison of
>any repetitive dive nor of any decompression dive.
>
>Well, when I see the graph I conclude that the NAVY 1% DCI tables offer the 
>shortest no decompression limits.
>
>Should one conclude that the other tables (so all tables I listed above)
>yield a higher DCI rate than 1 %? So do you have to accept to get bend on
>1 % of the dives?
>
you have to accept a >1% probability of getting bent on any dive to the 
limit of the tables.  This is not to say that you will get bent on 1% of 
your dives.

regards,

David Doolette
ddoolett@me*.ad*.ed*.au*

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