TableĀ 1

Calculation of the number of injuries per hour skiing

DisciplineNumber of injuriesNumber of runsMean run time (s)Exposure time (h)Incidence (injuries/hour)Percentage of downhill*
Slalom14186453.0027.440.51081.7
Giant slalom14109075.4022.830.61398.3
Super-G962083.3814.360.627100.4
Downhill251292111.6240.060.624100.0
  • The number of injuries and the number of runs were taken from Florenes et al.1 The number of injuries per hour skiing (incidence) was calculated as the number of injuries divided by the exposure time.

  • *Downhill is 100% for the respective measures.