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The prevalence of air embolism is approximately 2.65 per 100,000 hospitalizations.^[1]
The prevalence of air embolism is approximately 7 per 100,000 divers.^[2]

↑ Jacques Bessereau, Nicolas Genotelle, Cendrine Chabbaut, Anne Huon, Alexis Tabah, Jerome Aboab, Sylvie Chevret & Djillali Annane (2010). "Long-term outcome of iatrogenic gas embolism". Intensive care medicine. 36 (7): 1180–1187. doi:10.1007/s00134-010-1821-9. PMID 20221749. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ D. R. Leitch & R. D. Green (1986). "Pulmonary barotrauma in divers and the treatment of cerebral arterial gas embolism". Aviation, space, and environmental medicine. 57 (10 Pt 1): 931–938. PMID 3778391. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)