Table 1. Reported brown bear deaths (and as percent of current population size) in the two Cantabrian (eastern and western) populations, from 1977 to 2020.

Population size estimates refer to estimates provided by Palomero and co-authors [26]. Numbers of deaths, compiled by the authors of this paper, are presented by period and sex. Details on each death report are provided in supplementary information (S1 Table).

	Population Size (2019–2021)	Reported deaths (until 1999)	Reported deaths (2000–2010)	Reported deaths (since 2011)
Eastern Subpopulation	50	7 (14%)	7 (14%)	13 (26%)
Males		5	2	2
Females		1	1	2
Unknown		1	4	9
Western Subpopulation	280	10 (4%)	8 (3%)	19 (7%)
Males		1	4	12
Females		5	0	4
Unknown		4	4	3