Table 1.

Details on excluded cases (n=312). Values are absolute and relative (percentage of all excluded cases) frequencies

Reason for exclusion	Number of cases
Activity-based exclusion (activity at the time of the accident not defined as hiking)
Other mountain sport activity
High-altitude mountaineering (glacier)	67 (21.5%)
Climbing or fixed-rope climbing (via ferrata)	14 (4.5%)
Mountain running	8 (2.6%)
Geocaching	4 (1.3%)
Mushroom/berry collectors, and so on	71 (22.8%)
Occupational activity (eg, professional mountain guides)	19 (6.1%)
Excursions of schools or youth groups	13 (4.2%)
Other activity: playing children, accidents in a hut, and so on	65 (20.8%)
Circumstance-based exclusion (cause of the accident was not defined as a fall)
Accident was not a fall (eg, rescue after getting lost, exhaustion)	28 (9.0%)
Fall was caused by an external reason (eg, animal attack, cardiovascular or metabolic event, rock fall)	23 (7.4%)