TABLE 1.

Age distribution and seropositivity rates grouped by different causes of death

Cause(s) of death	No. of subjects	Mean age (yr) (range)	% PVB19 seropositivity	% B19 PCR positivity
Craniocerebral injury	6	43.2 (22-77)	100	100
Multiple traumas with a blunt instrument	14	47.1 (25-83)	78.6	71.4
Suffocation, drowning, stabbing, or gunshot injury	15	48.3 (15-77)	60.0	60
Intoxication	10	44.0 (23-65)	50.0	50
Natural death other than cardiovascular disease	6	63.7 (29-82)	66.7	50
Cardiovascular disease	18	59.2 (19-83)	72.2	72.2