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In 1970, John McAniff of the National Underwater Accident Data Center (NUADC), University of Rhode Island, began collecting information about recreational diving fatalities. DAN joined the collection process in 1989, working with McAniff until his retirement in 1995. DAN has continued to collect information on scuba diving fatalities involving US and Canadian divers (with the exception of commercial divers). While DAN is not the primary investigative agency for dive fatalities, the results of its data collecting efforts are published in DAN's annual Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities and Project Dive Exploration, which is available online to DAN Members at no cost or may be purchased.