List of Mount Everest death statistics is a list of statistics about death on Mount Everest.
Examples of known cases [1] [2] [3]
Nationality | Count |
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![]() | 12 |
![]() ![]() | 7 |
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![]() | 7 |
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![]() | 24 |
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![]() | 19 |
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![]() | 2 |
![]() | 124 |
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![]() | 7 |
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![]() | 2 |
![]() | 17 |
![]() | 21 |
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Other/Unknown | 2 |
Cause[ citation needed ] | Count[ citation needed ] |
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Avalanche | 68 |
Fall | 67 |
Exposure | 27 |
Altitude sickness | 21 |
Cardiac arrest | 11 |
Exhaustion and/or exposure | 8 |
Exhaustion | 7 |
Serac | 6 |
Cerebral edema | 8 |
Stroke | 2 |
Frostbite | 1 |
Other | 15 |
Unknown cause | 52 |
See also Dr. Beck Weathers, a medical doctor who is famous for narrowly surviving the 1996 Everest Disaster. [11]
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)
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