Table 2.
Activity leading to different severity grades of injuries in canyoning emergencies in Austria from November 1, 2005 to October 31, 2018.
| Activity | Uninjured n (%) |
Mildly Injured n (%) |
Severely Injured n (%) |
Dead n (%) |
Undefined n (%) |
Total n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumping | 0 | 23 (20.9) | 72 (65.5) | 0 | 15 (13.6) | 110 |
| Accompanying person | 96 (92.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (7.7) | 104 |
| Trapped in a canyon | 53 (93.0) | 4 (7.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Rappelling | 5 (9.8) | 26 (51.0) | 19 (37.3) | 1 (2.0) | 0 | 51 |
| Sliding | 0 | 9 (22.0) | 28 (68.3) | 1 (2.4) | 3 (7.3) | 41 |
| Descending | 4 (12.1) | 8 (24.2) | 19 (57.6) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (3.0) | 33 |
| Stumbling | 1 (3.8) | 12 (46.2) | 11 (42.3) | 0 | 2 (7.7) | 26 |
| Unknown | 10 (50.0) | 5 (25.0) | 4 (20.0) | 0 | 1 (5.0) | 20 |
| Swimming | 0 | 5 (26.3) | 7 (36.8) | 5 (26.3) | 2 (10.5) | 19 |
| Medical emergency | 0 | 2 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (16.7) | 6 |
| Falling | 0 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 169 (35.9) | 96 (20.4) | 162 (34.4) | 9 (1.9) | 35 (7.4) | 471 (100.0) |
Unknown: no information on accident cause was available. Undefined: Severity of injury was not defined. Data are presented as absolute and relative frequencies. Percentages indicate proportions within a row.