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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pathol Res Pract. 2009 Mar 24;205(9):608–614. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.02.007

Table 5.

Medical Illness by Histopathological Examination of Injury-related Deaths, n= 185.

NSFa TBb Encephc Liver disd Solid organ heme Other CNSf No slidesg
Asphyxiation/
Strangulation
4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gun Shot Wound 8 0 0 0 0 2 0
Trauma from Beating 16 3 2 1 1 3 1
Stab Wounds 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auto Accident 21 4 1 2 2 4 2
Drowning 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Electric Shock 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Head Trauma (fall) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Poisoning (CO2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
a

NSF, no significant findings;

b

TB, Tuberculosis;

c

Enceph, encephalitis;

e

Liver dis, liver disease;

e

Solid organ hem, solid organ hemorrhage;

f

Other CNS, other CNS findings including gliosis, thickened dura with thrombosis, abscess, papilloma virus, CMV, and hypoxic changes/neuronal loss;

g

No slides, no slides available at time of examination.