Table 1 |
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| Characteristics of study groups | |||||
| All cases | Rapidly fatal cases | Presumed cases | Non-rapidly fatal cases | Unknown cause cases | |
| Sample size | 82 | 26 | 17 | 35 | 4 |
| Man/Woman | 52/30 | 18/8 | 11/6 | 21/14 | 2/2 |
| Age groups | |||||
| ≤ 19 years | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 20-39 years | 17 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 40-59 years | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 60-79 years | 28 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 80 years ≤ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mean age ± SD | 47 ± 25 | 46 ± 24 | 36 ± 24 | 53 ± 25 | 47 ± 39 |
| Median PMI (hr) | 41.0 | 35.5 | 30.0 | 47.0 | 35.5 |
| Causes of death | |||||
| Traumas | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | - |
| Circulatory diseases | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Other internal diseases | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | - |
| Hypo-, Hyperthermia | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | - |
| Drowning & Asphyxia | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | - |
| Intoxication | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - |
| Unknown | 4 | - | - | - | - |
SD, indicates standard deviation; PMI, postmortem interval.
Kotani et al. Diagnostic Pathology 2012 7:182 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-7-182
