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What is the most common cause of death in outdoor survival situations?

Losing body heat.

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  1. Starvation
  2. Losing body heat ✔
  3. Dehydration

Why: People who don't survive outdoors most often die from losing body heat, not starvation or dehydration.

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Answer: Losing body heat. People who don't survive outdoors most often die from losing body heat, not starvation or dehydration.

  1. Scouting America: Wilderness Survival www.scouting.org/merit-badges/wilderness-survival
    People who don’t survive in the outdoors most often die from losing their body heat
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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