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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine 2012;36(2):165-173.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7580/KoreanJLegMed.2012.36.2.165    Published online November 30, 2012.
The Statistical Analysis of Legal Autopsies in 2011 (The Headquarters of National Forensic Service).
Joo Young Na, Jong Pil Park, Min Sung Choi, Han Young Lee, Young Shik Choi, Nak Eun Chung, Hye Jin Park, Seok Hoon Jeon, Yu Hoon Kim, Byung Ha Choi, Joong Seok Seo
Division of Forensic Medicine, National Forensic Service, Seoul, Korea. sjsme@korea.kr
Abstract
This is a statistical analysis of the data obtained from legal autopsies performed at the headquarters of the National Forensic Service during 2011. This report aims to analyze 2,723 cases. 1. There were 1,995 (73.3%) cases involving mortalities among men and 707 (26.7%) among women; evidently, the number of deaths that occurred among men were twice as many as that among women. With respect to age, 694 (24.4%) deaths occurred in individuals aged in their forties and 658 (22.8%) among those in their fifties. 2. There were 1,437 (52.8%) cases of unnatural deaths, 1,159 (42.5%) cases of natural deaths, and 127 (4.7%) deaths from unknown causes. Among the 1,437 unnatural deaths, 483 (33.6%) were suicidal, 255 (17.7%) homicidal, 546 (38.0%) accidental, and 153 (10.6%) were of undetermined causes. 3. There were 618 cases of trauma-related death, accounting for 43.0% of the 1,437 unnatural deaths. Blunt trauma was the leading cause of trauma-related deaths, accounting for 174 (28.2%) cases. Deaths due to asphyxiation, among which hanging (187 cases, 64.7%) was the predominant cause, accounted for 289 cases. There were 192 (13.4%) deaths from poisoning, 151 (10.5%) from drowning, 139 (9.7%) from thermal injuries, 31 (2.2%) as a complication of medical procedures, and 14 (1.0%) from electrocutions. 4. Among the 1,159 natural deaths, heart diseases accounted for 600 (51.8%) deaths and vascular diseases accounted for 160 (13.8%) deaths. 5. There were 83 cases of death among children aged under 10; out of 33 unnatural deaths, 20 (24.1%) cases were homicidal.
Key Words: autopsy, cause of death, manner of death, statistic


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