Statistical Consideration of Death from Infectious Diseases of the Medico-legal Autopsied Cases (1975-1984)

, Jung-Jin Yun

Original Article

Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 1985;9(Suppl DB Error: syntax error):29-35.

National Institute of Scientific Investigation

Abstract

The author investigated the 9693 medico-legal autopsied cases that performed at National Institute of Scientific Investigation from 1975 to 1984 to provide the basic statistical problems of infectious diseases as cause of death. So, the following conclusions were obtained from 700 cases of infectious diseases. 1. 700 deaths(9.6%) of the total 9693 medico-legal autopsied cases were occured by infectious diseases. 2. Male to female ratio of death from infectious diseases was about 2:1. 3. The highest incidence of age was less than 9 years old, and then 3rd, 4th, 5th, 2nd and 6th decades in frequency. 4. The highest incidence of system involvement of infectious diseases was respiratory tract(55.7%), and then gastrointestinal tract(19.4%), cardiovascular system(8.5%), septicemia(8.1%) and central nervous system(6.9%) in order. 5. Pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, panperitonitis, septicemia, interstitial myocarditis and meningitis in frequency were the common causes of death from infectious diseases.