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ANNUAL REPORT
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Manner: Accident (2005) DEATHS BY MONTH An accidental death is a result of an unnatural cause where there is no evidence of intent to cause harm. Three hundred eighty-eight deaths were certified as accidental deaths during 2005. Of these, as in past years, the largest single group consisted of people who died as a result of a motor vehicle traffic accident, 30%. Of those deaths nearly 43% tested positively for alcohol and /or other drugs at autopsy. Once again the second largest group of accidental death victims remaind those who died as the result of a fall, 29%. Just over 77% were 72 years of age or older. The great majority of these accidents occurred in the home. Not far behind was Accidental Drug Overdoses accounting for 27% of all accidental deaths in 2005.
RACIAL BREAKDOWN WHITE MALE=190; WHITE FEMALE=120; BLACK MALE=48; BLACK FEMALE=26 HISPANIC MALE=2; HISPANIC FEMALE=0; ASIAN MALE=1; ASIAN FEMALE=0 MIDDLE EASTERN MALE=1; MIDDLE EASTERN FEMALE=0 ACCIDENTAL DEATHS BY MONTH/YEAR 2005
Positive
Drug and or Alcohol Results Marihuana
= 9 Cocaine
= 100 Alcohol
= 146 Other
= 17 Opiates
= 138
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