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Almost 2,000 deaths are known to occur annually as a result of passenger vessel accidents. Practically all of them (91%) involve ferries. Because of reporting deficiencies it is estimated that the actual total toll could well be at least 50 per cent higher. While even that number is relatively insignificant compared with the numbers of deaths caused by cigarette smoking, road accidents, Hepatitis, Malaria, Tuberculosis, illegal drug use, American guns and similar preventable causes of death, it still involves considerable personal tragedy and substantial economic cost. The accidents occur more frequently and their impacts are significantly more severe than, for example, aviation and railway accidents.