Did you know that although there is a high perception of danger in skydiving, fatalities are rare? There are an estimated 3 million skydiving jumps every year and the fatality count is only 21.
This means that anyone participating in skydiving has a 0.0007% of being fatally injured. Most of the fatalities that do occur in skydiving are due the skydiver performing an unsafe manoeuvre that results in a high speed impact with the ground. So as long as you stay safe by wearing the correct equipment and listening to your instructor skydiving isn't that dangerous at all!