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. 2020 Aug 26;15(8):e0236919. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236919

Table 3. Death rates (overall and on descent from summit), numbers of deaths, and numbers of climbers at risk (boldfaced).

Time period
Rate 1990–1994 1995–1999 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2014 2015–2019
Overall death rate 0.8 2.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8
Total deaths 2 12 12 17 13 10
N climbers at risk 227 499 900 1363 1154 1181
Descent death rate 0.0 6.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.9
Total descent deaths 0 9 4 8 8 7
N summiters 62 147 326 724 715 816

Overall death rates are for all climbers who went above base camp, and descent death rate is only for climbers descending from the summit. Numbers here reflect our primary subset of members (i.e., first-time climbers, on commercial route, in spring during non-disaster years).