List of Mount Everest death statistics

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Statue honoring the woman Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit but did not make it down alive Pasang.jpg
Statue honoring the woman Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to summit but did not make it down alive

List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest.

Contents

Death extremes

Youngest people to die on Mount Everest

Examples of known cases [1] [2] [3]

Oldest people to die on Mount Everest

Deaths by nationality

NationalityCount
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 12
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia /Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 7
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2
Flag of France.svg  France 6
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3
Flag of India.svg  India 24
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 19
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya [10] 1
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 1
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 124
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 11
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 17
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia /Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 2
Other/Unknown2

Cause of death

Cause[ citation needed ]Count[ citation needed ]
Avalanche 68
Fall 67
Exposure27
Altitude sickness 21
Cardiac arrest 11
Exhaustion and/or exposure8
Exhaustion 7
Serac 6
Cerebral edema 8
Stroke 2
Frostbite 1
Other15
Unknown cause52


Professions

Medical and scientific professionals who died on Everest

See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. [11]

Other statistics

Named corpses

The corpse known as Green Boots in its eponymous Everest cave Green Boots.jpg
The corpse known as Green Boots in its eponymous Everest cave


Died on descent after summiting

Memorial of Dimitar Ilievski, who died descending from the mountain Memorial of Murato on Pelister.JPG
Memorial of Dimitar Ilievski, who died descending from the mountain

Examples of those who, after summiting, died on the descent down or soon after (not counting other climbs, on the same expedition but does not have to be their first summit)

examples only

See also

References

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  13. "Karl G. Henize, NASA Scientist, Dies at 66 Climbing Mount Everest". The New York Times. 10 October 1993.
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