This has happened to me on more than one occasion.

One time I recall I was in one of my main bases which is terraced. I was jumping from one level down the lower level which I had done hundreds of times. The height between the two levels is only about 1.5 x's the height of a character, but when one runs and jumps they can get quit a bit of hang-time in the air, multiplying the vertical distance of travel by 4 or 5 x's. Normally my character would lose about .25 of its health, but on the occasion I died my food had expired. It was actually really handy having a tombstone with its massive inventory slotting situated in the middle of 3 buildings: hearth, bed & cookhouse; repair benches & smelters; portal hub.

On the majority of occasions death by jumping has occurred on steeply inclined mountain sides. On most of those occasions I already had a slightly diminished health pool while fleeing from an attack by multiple enemies. I have learned from experience to avoid jumping while quickly running downhill on steep inclines. Jumping while travelling downhill massively increases the vertical distance travelled