Deathly Accidents While High-Altitude Mountaineering in the Swiss Alps—An Observational Analysis from 2009 to 2021
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Analyzed Population
2.2. Data Preparation
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cause | n | Percent | Average Cases per Year |
---|---|---|---|
Fall | 245 | 80.9% | 18.8 |
Rockfall | 16 | 5.3% | 1.2 |
Stranded | 10 | 3.3% | 0.8 |
Avalanche | 9 | 3% | 0.7 |
Illness | 6 | 2% | 0.5 |
Crevasse accident | 4 | 1.3% | 0.3 |
Material failure | 3 | 1% | 0.2 |
Lightning | 2 | 0.7% | 0.2 |
Crushed | 1 | 0.3% | 0.1 |
Other | 7 | 2.3% | 0.5 |
Total | 303 | 100% | 23.3 |
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Gasser, B. Deathly Accidents While High-Altitude Mountaineering in the Swiss Alps—An Observational Analysis from 2009 to 2021. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12498. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912498
Gasser B. Deathly Accidents While High-Altitude Mountaineering in the Swiss Alps—An Observational Analysis from 2009 to 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12498. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912498
Chicago/Turabian StyleGasser, Benedikt. 2022. "Deathly Accidents While High-Altitude Mountaineering in the Swiss Alps—An Observational Analysis from 2009 to 2021" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12498. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912498