Two-hundred-eighty-six participants (28%; CI 95% 25-30%) claimed an NDE. The most frequent symptoms were abnormal time perception (faster or slower than normal; reported by 257 participants; 90%); extraordinary speed of thoughts (n=169; 59%); exceptional vivid senses (n=165; 58%); and feeling separated from one’s body, including out-of-body experiences (n=113; 40%). Participants perceived the situation in which they made their experience slightly more often as truly life-threatening (n=165; 58%) than not (n=121; 42%).