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Overall survival curves for people completely buried in avalanches in Canada (n = 301) and Switzerland (n = 946) from Oct. 1, 1980, to Sept. 30, 2005, by duration of burial (Dümbgen comparison: p = 0.001). The dotted line represents the Canadian survival curve including only asphyxia-related deaths (n = 255).
