title: Deaths associated with skiing in Australia: a 32-year study of cases from the Snowy Mountains.
abstract: We present the first study of skiing-related deaths in Australia--a 32-year study of skiing-related deaths in the Snowy Mountains. We have reported 29 such cases; eight subjects died of trauma, 15 subjects died of cardiovascular causes, and six subjects died of hypothermia. The over-all incidence of death was 0.87 deaths per million skier-days; the specific incidence for trauma-related deaths was 0.24 deaths per million skier-days; for cardiac-related deaths was 0.45 deaths per million skier-days; and for hypothermia-related deaths was 0.18 deaths per million skier-days. These findings compare most-favourably with US figures. Death that is associated with skiing in the Snowy Mountains is a rare event.
authors.affiliation: Baulkham Hills Private Hospital, NSW.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sherry
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clout
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D003644:Death Certificates; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009517:New South Wales; D012865:Skiing