IIRC, Canada still requires spin training, but the US and Canadian accident rate
due to spins is about the same. *They might have fewer accidental spins, but the
accidents during training make up for it, like Bertie says.

Are there some numbers on this?

It just seems like if doing spins really resulted in higher death
rates then it would definitely show up in aerobatic schools of the
type Rich Stowall runs and the independant aerobatic instructors like
my primary flight instructor was/is.

Those people have done uncountable numbers of spins.

All respect to Langewiesche, et al, but ... shouldn't people like
Stowell and other aerobatics types simply be dead?

I wonder: how many pilots on this board had a spin demonstrated to
them during PPL training? How many got to recover from a spin during
PPL training? After getting the PPL?