I found this interesting. It's a survey of the number and cause of deaths in all US National Parks (except the newest one) over the last 10 years.
outforia.com/danger-parks/
The deadliest overall is the Grand Canyon, with by far the most medical (heart attacks trying to hike out?) and lots of environmental (heat stroke?), second to Denali (opposite of heat stroke?).
The most likely way to die is by falling. Yosemite has a big lead here with 45 - enough to get it #2 overall. Way behind in the 20's are GC, SEKI, Zion, and the Tetons.
GSMNP is #3 overall, thanks to lots and lots of fatal car accidents, almost 3X as many as the second in that category, Death Valley (what is there to hit in DV??).
The third most likely way to die is "undetermined". Not sure what that is. I guess sometimes they don't bother asking the dead person what they died of.
SEKI, Yellowstone, Denali, Mt Rainier and RMNP round out the top 8.
BTW, for all of you worried about being killed by wild animals, they accounted for a whopping SIX!!! out of 1174 total deaths (3 in Ystone - grizzlies I assume) and 1 each in Olympic, Wrangall-St Elias, and Denali.
But if you are worried about being killed by wild Homo sapiens, they've only killed 5 (2 in Joshua Tree and 1 each in RMNP, DV, and Redwood).
And if you want to be safe, these parks have had no deaths: Gateway Arch (who made that a NP anyway?), Petrified Forest, Kenai Fjords, American Samoa, North Cascades, Isle Royale, Kobuk Valley, and Gates of the Arctic. The last 5 "benefit" from having the fewest potential victims due to few numbers of visitors. Plus the last three have no roads so it's had to have fatal car accidents.
outforia.com/danger-parks/
The deadliest overall is the Grand Canyon, with by far the most medical (heart attacks trying to hike out?) and lots of environmental (heat stroke?), second to Denali (opposite of heat stroke?).
The most likely way to die is by falling. Yosemite has a big lead here with 45 - enough to get it #2 overall. Way behind in the 20's are GC, SEKI, Zion, and the Tetons.
GSMNP is #3 overall, thanks to lots and lots of fatal car accidents, almost 3X as many as the second in that category, Death Valley (what is there to hit in DV??).
The third most likely way to die is "undetermined". Not sure what that is. I guess sometimes they don't bother asking the dead person what they died of.
SEKI, Yellowstone, Denali, Mt Rainier and RMNP round out the top 8.
BTW, for all of you worried about being killed by wild animals, they accounted for a whopping SIX!!! out of 1174 total deaths (3 in Ystone - grizzlies I assume) and 1 each in Olympic, Wrangall-St Elias, and Denali.
But if you are worried about being killed by wild Homo sapiens, they've only killed 5 (2 in Joshua Tree and 1 each in RMNP, DV, and Redwood).
And if you want to be safe, these parks have had no deaths: Gateway Arch (who made that a NP anyway?), Petrified Forest, Kenai Fjords, American Samoa, North Cascades, Isle Royale, Kobuk Valley, and Gates of the Arctic. The last 5 "benefit" from having the fewest potential victims due to few numbers of visitors. Plus the last three have no roads so it's had to have fatal car accidents.