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2016 END OF AND YEAR STATISTRICS ACCIDENT: YTD TRANSPORTATION RELATED……………………………………………………………....................…204 Driver/Operator………………………………………………………………………..…...109 Occupant………………………………………………………...............................................3 Passenger………………………………………………………………………………..…...35 Pedalcyclist……………………………………………………………………………..…......8 Pedestrian………………………………………………………………………………..…...49 NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED………………………………………………................................1,105 Drug Intoxication…………………………………………………………………….…......751 Fall……………………………………………………………………………………...…..262 Other………………………………………………………………………….................…...92

TOTAL ACCIDENTS……………..….…………………….…..................…...………....1,309

HOMICIDE………………………………………………………………………………………….……….……………85 NATURAL………………………………………………………………………………………………….………...…394 NONCLASSIFIED…………………………………………………………………………………….……..………..…..11 SUICIDE………………………………………………………………………………………………….......................245 UNDETERMINED…………………………………………………………………………….……….………….……..27 CREMATION APPROVALS…………………………………………………………………….…….….................7,685 NON MEDICAL EXAMINER CASES INVESTIGATED………………………...………….….…….……….…..... 937 TOTAL CASES REFERRED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE…………...........................8,793 AUTOPSIES…………………………………………………………………………………….………………....….1,253 INSPECTIONS (VISUAL EXAMINATIONS)…………………………………………………….…………….…….478 NO BODY CASES………………………………………………………………………………………………….......314 TOTAL CASES INVESTIGATED……………………………………………………………….…..………..……..2,045 INVESTIGATOR SCENES………………………………………………………………………………………...…..471 DOCTOR SCENES…………………………………………………………………………….………..……….………..1 AFTER HOUR SCENES…………………………………………………………………………………………...…...202 AFTER HOURS CASES REFERRED TO MEDIICAL EXAMINER OFFICE………………………………….…1,154 AFTER HOURS CASES INVESTIGATRED………………………………………………….….………………..….909 MICROSCOPIC STUDIES PERFORMED……………………………………………………………………..…..…936 TOXICOLOGY STUDIES PERFORMED………………………………………………………………………..….1,534

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Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Office

2016 End of Year Statistics

NUMBER OF CASES TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE………………………….………..1,731 ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONS…………………………………………………………………………………196 ORGAN AND TISSUE……………………………………………………………………………….108 EYES ONLY……………………………………………………………………………………….….88 2016 UNIDENTIFIED BODIES………………………………………………………………..…(16-1527, 16-1543)….2 TOTAL UNIDENTIFIED BODIES (1973 – 2016)………..…………………………………………….……………….65 UNCLAIMED BODIES:………………………………………………………………………………….........................89

Boxes with no case number……………………………………………………………..…….5 Unknown Year: 19-383, 19-708, J-67, L-18, L-25453, ME-0147…………..………………6 1976: 76-J51………………………………………………………………………………..1 1978: 78L-6, 78-1135………………………………………………………………………2 1979: 79-7, 79-22780, 79-32021, 79-74332………………………………………………..4 1981: 81-142………………………………………………………………………………..1 1982: P-10, P-203, P-204…………………………………………………………………...3 1983: 83-0116, 83-0301, 83-0721, 83-0727………………………………………………..4 1984: 84-0134, 84-1046…………………………………………………………………….2 1985: 85-0058, 85-1000…………………………………………………………………….2 1986: 86-0584, 86-1261…………………………………………………………………….2 1987: 87-0356, 87-0983, 87-1015, 87-1184………………………………………………..4 1988: 88-0108, 88-0373, 88-0698, 88-1001………………………………………………..4 1990: 90-0716, 90-0717, 90-1045, 90-1054…………………………………………….….4 1991: 91-0415, 91-0456, 91-0510, 91-0563, 91-0717………………………………….….5 1992: 92-0701………………………………………………………………………………1 1993: 93-0337, 93-0710, 93-0736, 93-0867, 93-1035………………………………….….5 1994: 94-0863, 94-0885, 94-1044………………………………………………………….3 1995: 95-0763, 95-0830, 95-0878………………………………………………………….3 1996: 96-0010, 96-0550, 96-554, 96-1006………………………………………………...4 1997: 97-0781, 97-43445…………………………………………………………………..2 1999: 99-0282, 99-0427, 99-0579, 99-0997……………………………………………….4 2000: 00-0551………………………………………………………………………………1 2001: 01-0436………………………………………………………………………………1 2002: 02-0710, 02-1054……………………………………………………………………2 2004: 04-0183, 04-0644…………………………………………………………………....2 2006: 06-0018………………………………………………………………………………1 2010: 10-0853, 10-1279…………………………………………………………………….2 2012: 12-0635, 12-0962…………………………………………………………………….2 2013: 13-0153, 13-0217, 13-1389………………………………………………………….3 2014: 14-0051…………………………………………………………………………..…..1 2015: 15-1043………………………………………………………………………………1 2106: 15-0135, 16-0159…………………………………………………………………….2

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ACCIDENT…………………………………………………………………….…………………1,309 TRANSPORTATION RELATED………………………………………………..204 Driver/Operator……………………………………………………109 auto, ejected………………………………………….1 auto vs. attenuator and pickup truck………………....1 auto vs. auto………………………………………….7 auto vs. auto and pickup trucks……………………...1 auto vs. auto and sport utility vehicle………………..2 auto vs. canal……………………………….. ……….2 auto vs. concrete gate pillar………………………….1 auto vs. concrete wall………………………………..2 auto vs. pickup truck ……….………………………..2 auto vs. mobile road sign…………………………….1 auto vs. railroad train………………………………...1 auto vs. refuge truck…………………………………1 auto vs. sport utility vehicle………………………….6 auto vs tractor semitrailer……………………………2 auto vs. tractor semitrailers……………………….….2 auto vs. transport bus and auto……………………….1 auto vs. tree…………………………………………..7 auto vs. trees…………………………………………1 auto vs. utility pole…………………………………..1 bulldozer vs. canal…………………………………...1 cargo van vs. sport utility vehicle……………………1 electric motor scooter vs. sport utility vehicle……….1 jet ski vs. bridge……………………………………...1 motorcycle, ejected…………………………………..3 motorcycle vs. auto.…………………………………10 motorcycle vs. fence………………………………….1 motorcycle vs. motorhome…………………………...1 motorcycle vs. passenger van………………………...2 motorcycle vs. pickup truck………………………….2 motorcycle vs. sport utility vehicle…………………..2 motorcycle vs. tree…………………………………...1 motorcycle vs. unknown motor vehicle……………...2 motor scooter, ejected………………………………..4 motor scooter vs. auto………………………………..1 motor scooter vs. pickup truck……………………….1 pickup truck vs. auto…………………………………2

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TRANSPORTATION RELATED Driver/Operator, cont. pickup truck vs. canal………………………………..1 pickup truck vs. concrete utility pole………………...1 pickup truck vs. dump truck………………………….1 pickup truck vs guard rail…………………………….1 pickup truck vs. metal utility pole……………………1

pickup truck vs. tractor semi-trailer…………………..1 pickup truck vs. utility poles…………………………1 sport utility vehicle vs. auto………………………….2 sport utility vehicle vs. canal…………………………2 sport utility vehicle vs. concrete utility pole………….1 sport utility vehicle vs. tractor semitrailer……………1 sport utility vehicle vs. pickup truck…………………1 sport utility vehicle vs. sport utility vehicle………….2 sport utility vehicle vs. tree…………………………..2 tractor vs. canal……………………………………….1 tractor semitrailer vs auto and tractor semitrailer…….1 unknown motor vehicle vs. unknown motor vehicles..1 Occupant…………………………………………………….……….3 heavy truck vs. canal………………………………….2 pickup truck, ejected………………………………….1 Passenger…………………………………………………….……..35 auto vs. auto…………………………………………..2 auto vs. auto and pickup truck………………………..1 auto vs. auto and sport utility vehicle………………...1 auto vs. canal………………………………………….1 auto vs. concrete gate pillar…………………………..1 auto vs. concrete utility pole………………………….1 auto vs. concrete wall………………………………...1 auto vs. embankment…………………………………1 auto vs. passenger van………………………………..1 auto vs. pickup truck………………………………….1 auto vs. sport utility vehicle………………………….2 auto vs. transport van………………………………...1 auto vs. tree…………………………………………..1 motorcycle vs. auto…………………………………..2 motorcycle vs. pickup truck……………………….…1 sport utility vehicle, ejected………………………….1

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TRANSPORTATION RELATED Passenger, cont. sport utility vehicle vs. auto………………………….2 sport utility vehicle vs. passenger van……………….1 sport utility vehicle vs.

pickup truck and tractor semi-trailer…………1 sport utility vehicle vs. sport utility vehicle………….3 sport utility vehicle vs tree…………………………...1 sport utility vehicle vs. unknown motor vehicle……..1 unknown motor vehicle vs. unknown motor vehicle…1 Pedalcyclist…………………………………………………………..8 bicycle vs. auto……………………………………….5 bicycle vs. drawbridge stanchion……………………..1 motorized bicycle vs. sport utility vehicle……………1 bicycle vs. pickup truck………………………………1 Pedestrian…………………………………………………….……..49 vs. ambulance……………………………………..….1 vs. auto……………………………………………....21 vs. box truck and pickup truck…………………..…....1 vs. front-end loader……………………………….......1 vs. motorcycle………………………………………...1 vs. passenger van……………………………………..1 vs. pickup truck………………………………………4 vs. railroad train………….…………………………...3 vs. sport utility vehicle………………………………11 vs. unknown motor vehicle…………………………..4 vs. unknown motor vehicles………………………….1 NON TRANSPORTATED RELATED………………………………...…..……1,105 Drug Intoxication……………………………………………….…751 1,1-difluoroethane toxicity…………………………...1 acute 4 anpp intoxication……………………………..1 acute alcohol intoxication……………………………1 acute alprazolam and 1,1-difluoroethane toxicity……1 acute alprazolam and oxycodone intoxication……….1 acute alprazolam, heroin and fentanyl intoxication….1 acute alprazolam, methadone

and carfentanil intoxication…………………..1 acute and chronic ethanol abuse……………………...1 acute and chronic alcoholism………………………...2

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Drug Intoxication, cont. acute and chronic ethanolism………………………...1 acute carfentanil, acetyl fentanyl and

para-fluorobutyryl fentanyl intoxication……..1 acute carfentantil, alprazolam

and cocaine intoxication……………………..1 acute carfentanil and alprazolam toxicity……………1 acute carfentantil and cocaine intoxication…………..4 acute carfentanil, heroin and cocaine intoxication…...1 acute carfentantil intoxication………………………14 acute carfentanyl toxicity…………………………….5 acute cocaine and carfentanil toxicity………………..2 acute cocaine and fentanyl intoxication……………...4 acute cocaine and heroin intoxication………………..1 acute cocaine and hydromorphone intoxication……...1

acute cocaine and methamphetamine intoxication…...1 acute cocaine and oxycodone intoxication…………...1 acute cocaine, fentanyl and heroin intoxication……...1 acute cocaine, furanyl fentanyl

and 4 anpp intoxication………………………1 acute cocaine intoxication……………………………7 acute cocaine, oxycodone and fentanyl intoxication…1 acute cocaine toxicity………………………………...9 acute combined alprazolam

and oxycodone intoxication………………….1 acute combined cocaine and fentanyl intoxication…..1 acute combined drug intoxication…………………..34 acute combined heroin and fentanyl intoxication…….1 acute ethanol and alprazolam intoxication…………...2 acute ethanol and carfentanil toxicity………………..1 acute ethanol, morphine and alprazolam intoxication.1 acute ethanol toxicity………………………………...1 acute fentanyl, 4-anpp, and cocaine intoxication……2 acute fentanyl and 4-anpp intoxication………………1 acute fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl intoxication………1 acute fentanyl and alprazolam intoxication………….1 acute fentanyl and carfentanil intoxication…………..2 acute fentanyl and cocaine intoxication……………...4 acute fentanyl and ethanol intoxication……………...3

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Drug Intoxication, cont. acute fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication…………..2

acute fentanyl intoxication………………………….14 acute fentanyl toxicity………………………………22 acute heroin and 4-anpp intoxication………………...1 acute heroin and alprazolam intoxication…………….1

acute heroin and cocaine intoxication………………..6 acute heroin and ethanol intoxication………………..2 acute heroin and fentanyl intoxication……………….5 acute heroin and mitragynine intoxication…………...1 acute heroin, cocaine and oxycodone intoxication…..1 acute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine intoxication……...1 acute heroin intoxication……………………………..3 acute heroin toxicity…………………………………3 acute morphine, furanyl fentanyl intoxication……….1 acute oxycodone and

oxymorphone intoxication…………..……….1 acute oxycodone intoxication………………………..1 acute oxycodone toxicity…………………………….3 alcohol and alprazolam intoxication…………………1 alcohol and drug abuse……………………………….1 alcohol and fentanyl intoxication…………………….1 alcohol and heroin intoxication……………………....1 alcohol, furanyl fentanyl and cocaine intoxication…..1 alprazolam and heroin intoxication…………………..1 alprazolam, cocaine and heroin intoxication…………1 amphetamine and carfentanil intoxication……………1 anoxic encephalopathy………………………………21 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy……………………..8 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy

and bronchial pneumonia…………………….1 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy

d/t fentanyl intoxication……………………...2 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy

d/t opiate intoxication………………………..1 arteriosclerotic and valvular heart disease…………...1 arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease………………3 aspiration pneumonia………………………………...1

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Drug Intoxication, cont. cardiomegaly with myocardial fibrosis………………1 cardiopulmonary complication of sickle-cell anemia...1 carfentanil and alcohol intoxication………………….4 carfentanil and alprazolam toxicity………………….1 carfentanil and alprazolam intoxication……………...1 carfentanil and cocaine intoxication………………….3 carfentanil and cocaine toxicity………………………1 carfentanil and ethanol toxicity………………………2 carfentanil and furanylfentanyl intoxication…………1 carfentanil and heroin intoxication…………………...2 carfentanil, heroin and cocaine intoxication………….1 carfentanil intoxication………………………………25 carfentanil toxicity……………………………………1 Chlordiazepoxide and fentanyl intoxication………….1 cocaine, alprazolam and fentanyl intoxication……….1 cocaine, amphetamine and alcohol intoxication……..1 cocaine and alcohol intoxication……………………...1 cocaine and alprazolam intoxication………………….1 cocaine and amphetamine intoxication……………….1 cocaine and carfentanil intoxication………………….3 cocaine and ethanol intoxication……………………..3 cocaine and ethanol intoxication……………………..1 cocaine and fentanyl intoxication……………………16 cocaine and furanyl fentanyl intoxication…………….1

cocaine and heroin intoxication………………………8 cocaine and morphine intoxication…………………...2 cocaine, fentanyl and carfentanil intoxication………..1 cocaine, fentanyl and heroin intoxication…………….2 cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and carfentanil intoxication.1 cocaine, heroin and carfentanil intoxication………….1 cocaine, heroin, fentanyl

and furanyl fentanyl intoxication……………..1 cocaine intoxication…………………………………14 cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin intoxication….1 cocaine toxicity……………………………………….1 combined cocaine and fentanyl toxicity……………...1 combined cocaine and heroin toxicity………………..1 combined drug abuse…………………………………1

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Drug Intoxication, cont.

combined drug toxicity……………………………...63 combined ethanol and 1, 1-difluooethane toxicity…...1 combined ethanol and carfentanyl toxicity…………..1 combined ethanol and drug toxicity………………...14 combined ethanol and fentanyl toxicity……………...1 combined ethanol and heroin toxicity………………..2 combined ethanol and oxycodone toxicity…………...1 combined fentanyl and4-anpp toxicity……………….1 combined fentanyl and cocaine toxicity……………...1 combine heroin and cocaine toxicity…………………1 combined heroin and fentanyl toxicity……………….3 concentric left ventricular hypertrophy………………1 coronary artery disease……………………………….1 delayed cocaine overdose…………………………….1 drowning……………………………………………...1 drug intoxication……………………………………...3 drug overdose…………………………………………2

ethanol and cocaine toxicity………………………….4 ethanol and drug toxicity……………………………..1 ethanol and fentanyl intoxication…………………….2 ethanol and morphine toxicity………………………..1 ethanol and oxycodone toxicity……………………....1 ethanol, cocaine and fentanyl intoxication…………...1 ethanol, fentanyl and heroin intoxication…………….1 ethanol intoxication…………………………………..1 fentanyl and alprazolam intoxication………………...3 fentanyl and alprazolam toxicity……………………..1 fentanyl and carfentanil intoxication…………………2 fentanyl and cocaine intoxication…………………….2 fentanyl and ethanol intoxication…………………….2 fentanyl and heroin intoxication……………………...2 fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone intoxication…………1 fentanyl intoxication………………………………...39 heroin and alprazolam intoxication………..…………1 heroin and cocaine intoxication………………………5 heroin and ethanol intoxication………………………2 heroin and fentanyl intoxication……………………...9 heroin and fentanyl toxicity…………………………..1

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Drug Intoxication, cont. heroin and furanyl fentanyl intoxication……………..3 heroin and oxycodone intoxication…………………..1 heroin, carfentanil and paroxetine intoxication………1 heroin, fentanyl and alprazolam intoxication………...1 heroin intoxication…………………………………..14 hydrocodone and acetyl fentanyl intoxication………..1 hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease………………………..2 hypertensive and atherosclerotic

cardiovascular disease………………………..1 hypertensive heart disease……………………………1 intracerebral hemorrhage……………………………..1 loperamide intoxication………………………………1 methadone and alprazolam intoxication……………...1 methamphetamine intoxication……………………….1 morphine and ethanol intoxication……………………1 morphine intoxication………………………………...1 multi-drug intoxication……………………………...11 multi-drug toxicity……………………………………1 multiple drug intoxication…………………………...75 multiple drug intoxication (ethanol, cocaine, heroin)...1 multiple drug toxicity………………………………...4 myocardial abscesses…………………………………1 N-ethyl pentylone toxicity……………………………1 oxycodone intoxication……………………………….1 positional asphyxia……………………………………1 probable drug overdose……………………………….1 pulmonary thromboemboli……………………………1 ruptured myocardial infarction……………………….1 seizure………………………………………………...1 sepsis………………………………………………….1 serotonin syndrome…………………………………...1

Fall……………………………………………………………..….262 acute cervical spine fracture…………………………..1 acute and chronic subdural hemorrhage………………1 acute on chronic subdural hematoma…………………1 acute myocardial infarct………………………………1 acute renal failure……………………………………..1

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Fall, cont.

acute renal failure due to rhabdomolysis due to hip fracture…………….1

advanced dementia……………………………………1 Alzheimer’s disease…………………………………...1 arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease………………..7 aspiration pneumonia…………………………………1 atherosclerotic and hypertensive

cardiovascular disease………………………...1 atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease……….2 atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease………………..2

aspiration pneumonia…………………………………2 aspiration pneumonia due to dementia……………….1 bilateral Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia………….1 blunt force abdominal injuries………………………..1 blunt force head and neck injuries……………………2 blunt force head injuries…………………………….16 blunt force head injury……………………………….9 blunt force head trauma………………………………8 blunt force injuries……………………………………5

blunt force neck injuries……………………………...2 blunt force neck injury………………………………..2 blunt force trauma of head……………………………2

blunt force trauma of head and neck………………….1 blunt head trauma…………………………………….8 blunt impact head trauma…………………………….2 blunt neck trauma…………………………………….1

blunt trauma with clavicle and hip fractures…………1 bronchopneumonia…………………………………...1 C6 fracture……………………………………………1 cerebral contusions…………………………………...1 chronic obstructive lung disease……………………...1 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease……………….3 cirrhosis……………………………………………….1 clostridium diffcile colitis…………………………….1 complications following bilateral craniotomies………1 complications of blunt force head trauma…………….3 complications of blunt force injuries of head…………1 complications of blunt force neck trauma…………….1

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Fall, cont. complications of blunt head trauma…………………..2 complications of blunt neck fracture…………………1 complications of hip fracture…………………………7 complications of left hip fracture……………………..2 complications of left pelvic,

femur and humerus fractures…………………1 complications of right hip fracture…………………...4 complications of right femur fracture………………...1 complications of right neck fracture………………….1 complications of subdural hemorrhage……………….2 congestive heart failure……………………………….4 dementia………………………………………………1 delayed complications following a hip fracture………1 delayed complications of blunt force head trauma…...2 delayed complications of blunt head trauma…………1 delayed complications of blunt injuries………………1 food asphyxia…………………………………………1 encephalopathy……………………………………….1 end stage cardiomyopathy……………………………1 healthcare associated pneumonia…………………….1 hemopericardium……………………………………..1 hip fracture……………………………………………4 hypertension…………………………………………..1 hypertensive and arteriosclerotic

cardiovascular disease………………………11 hypertensive and atherosclerotic

cardiovascular disease………………………10 hypertensive and valvular heart disease……………...1 hypertensive cardiovascular disease…………………9 hypertensive cerebral vascular disease………………1 intracerebral hemorrhage…………………………….1 intracranial hemorrhage and cervical fracture……….1 left ankle fracture…………………………………….1 left femur fracture……………………………………1 left femoral neck fracture…………………………….1 left hip fracture……………………………………….9 left pubic ramus fracture……………………………..1 lung cancer…………………………………………...1

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Fall, cont. multi-system organ failure……………………………1 multiple blunt force injuries…………………………..1 multiple Blunt traumatic injuries…………………......1 neck injury……………………………………………1 pelvic fracture………………………………………...1 pneumonia complicating blunt force head trauma…...1 pneumonia complicating hip fracture………………...1 probable gastroesophageal malignancy………………1 probable pulmonary thromboembolism………………1 probable sepsis syndrome…………………………….1 pulmonary embolism…………………………………1 pulmonary thromboembolism………………………...2 respiratory complications

following upper extremity fractures…………..1 respiratory complications of

central spinal cord stenosis…………………...1 retroperitoneal hemorrhage…………………………...1 right hip fracture……………………………………...5 seizure disorder……………………………………….2 sepsis………………………………………………….2 septic complications of leg injury…………………….1 septic shock…………………………………………...1 Staphylococcus aureus sepsis………………………...1 Staphylococcus aureus subdural empyema…………..1 subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhage……………...1 subdural hematoma………………………………….24 subdural hematomas………………………………….2 subdural hemorrhage………………………………..20 valvular heart disease…………………………………1 Other…………………………………………………………….…..92 acute and chronic ethanol abuse……………………...1 acute myocardial infarction…………………………..1 Alzheimer’s disease…………………………………..1 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy……………………..1 arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease……………….2 asphyxia………………………………………………2 aspiration of food bolus………………………………1 aspiration pneumonia…………………………………2

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Other, cont. anoxic encephalopathy………………………………..2 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy……………………...1 blunt force head injuries………………………………1 blunt force trauma of head…………………………….1 blunt head and neck trauma…………………………...1 blunt neck trauma……………………………………..1 carbon monoxide poisoning…………………………..1 cerebrovascular accident……………………………...1 complications of anemia……………………………...1 complications of laparoscopic surgery

due to renal cancer…………………………….1 complications of lightning strike……………………...1 complications of probable error embolism……………1 delayed complications of near drowning……………..1 swimming pool……………………….1 drowning………………………………………….....38 canal………………………………….8 hot tub………………………………..1 intracoastal waterway………………..4 lake…………………………………..1 ocean…………………………………8 pond………………………………...10 swimming pool………………………6 electrocution…………………………………………..3 food asphyxia…………………………………………2 anoxic encephalopathy………………………………..1 granulomatous pneumonia……………………………1 gunshot wound of head……………………………….1 high-voltage electrocution……………………………1 hypertensive and atherosclerotic

cardiovascular disease………………………...1 hypertensive and arteriosclerotic

cardiovascular disease………………………...2 ischemic heart disease………………………………...1 hypertensive heart disease…………………………….1 lightning strike………………………………………...1 near drowning………………………………………....1 swimming pool……………………….1

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NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED Other, cont. neck injury……………………………………………1 positional asphyxia…………………………………...5 probable asphyxia…………………………………….1 probable seizure disorder……………………………..1 pulmonary thromboemboli…………………………....1 pulmonary thromboembolism………………………...1 right femoral fracture…………………………………1 sepsis………………………………………………….2 thermal injuries……………………………………….2 traumatic asphyxiation………………………………..1

HOMICIDE………………………………………………………………………………………..85 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy……………………………………………………...1 asphyxia…………………………………………………………………………….....1 blunt force head injuries……………………………………………………………....1 delayed complications of multiple gunshot wounds………………………………….1 gunshot wound of abdomen…………………………………………………………..2 gunshot wound of chest……………………………………………………………...13 gunshot wound of chest and abdomen………………………………………………..1 gunshot wound of head…………………………………………………………….…6 gunshot wound of neck……………………………………………………………….1 gunshot wound of the abdomen………………………………………………………1 gunshot wound of the posterior torso………………………………………………...2 gunshot wound of the upper extremity……………………………………………….1 gunshot wounds of chest and abdomen………………………………………………1 gunshot wounds of chest and extremities…………………………………………….1 gunshot wounds of head……………………………………………………………...2 gunshot wounds of head and chest…………………………………………………...2 gunshot wounds of head and neck……………………………………………………1 gunshot wounds of the chest and abdomen…………………………………………..1 gunshot wounds of the torso………………………………………………………….1

gunshot wounds of torso……………………………………………………………...2 inanition due to neglect……………………………………………………………….1 incised wounds of neck……………………………………………………………….1 multiple blunt force injuries…………………………………………………………..1 multiple gunshot wounds……………………………………………………………24

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2016 End of Year Statistics HOMICIDE, cont. multiple gunshot wounds of the chest…………………………………………………1 multiple rifle and gunshot wounds…………………………………………………….1 multiple rifle wounds……………………………………………………………….....2 multiple sharp force injuries…………………………………………………………..2 multiple stab wounds………………………………………………………………….1 pneumonia complicating blunt head trauma……………………………..…………...1 rifle wound of chest…………………………………………………………………...1 sharp and blunt force injuries…………………………………………………………1 shotgun wound of chest…………………………………………………………….…1 stab wound of chest…………………………………………………………………...1 strangulation………………………………………………………………………..…2 sudden death…………………………………………………………………………..1 two gunshot wounds of head……………………………………………………….....1 NATURAL……………………………………………………………….………………….…....394 acquired immune deficiency syndrome……………………………………………….2 acute asthmatic exacerbation………………………………………………………….1 acute bronchopneumonia……………………………………………………………...1 acute chest syndrome………………………………………………………………….1 acute myocardial infarct………………………………………………………………4 acute myocardial infarction…………………………………………………………...7 adenovirus pneumonia………………………………………………………………...1 alcoholic cardiomyopathy…………………………………………………………….4 alcoholic ketoacidosis…………………………………………………………………1 alcoholic ketoacidosis with malnutrition……………………………………………...1 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis………………………………………………………….1 anorexia nervosa………………………………………………………………………2 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy……………………………………………………...2 aortic dissection………………………………………………………………………..1 arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease……………………………………………….21 arteriosclerotic heart disease…………………………………………………………..1 arteromatous cardiovascular disease…………………………………………………..1 aspiration of pneumonia……………………………………………………………….1 aspiration pneumonia………………………………………………………………….1 asthma…………………………………………………………………………………2 asthmatic bronchitis…………………………………………………………………...1 atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease……………………………...6 atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease………………………………………..3

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2016 End of Year Statistics NATURAL, cont. atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease………………………………………………36 atherosclerotic heart disease…………………………………………………………14 bacterial meningitis…………………………………………………………………...1 bacterial septicemia…………………………………………………………………...1 basal ganglia hemorrhage……………………………………………………………..1 biliary sepsis…………………………………………………………………………..1 bowel infarction with sepsis…………………………………………………………..1 breast cancer…………………………………………………………………………..1 bronchopneumonia……………………………………………………………………5 cachexia……………………………………………………………………………….1 cardiac and hepatic complications of chronic alcoholism…………………………….1 cardiac arrhythmia…………………………………………………………………….1 cardiomegaly………………………………………………………………………….2 cardiomegaly with left ventricular hypertrophy………………………………………2 cardiomyopathy……………………………………………………………………….2

cerebral infarction……………………………………………………………………..1 cerebral microabscesses and hemorrhage……………………………………………..1 cerebral vascular accident……………………………………………………………..1

chronic bronchial asthma……………………………………………………………...1 chronic ethanolism…………………………………………………………………….1 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease………………………………………………..3 chronic pancreatitis and cirrhosis……………………………………………………...1 cirrhosis………………………………………………………………………………..1 community acquired bronchopneumonia……………………………………………...1 community acquired pneumonia……………………………………………………....1 complications of chronic drug abuse………………………………………………….1 complications of chronic ethanol abuse………………………………………………7 complications of colon cancer………………………………………………………...1 concentric left ventricular hypertrophy……………………………………………….4 congestive heart failure……………………………………………………………….4 coronary artery disease………………………………………………………………20 coronary artery thrombosis……………………………………………………………3 coronary artery thrombus……………………………………………………………..3 coronary thrombosis…………………………………………………………………..1 critical coronary atherosclerosis………………………………………………………1 delayed complications of multiple congenital abnormalities and genetic defects……1 dementia………………………………………………………………………………2 diabetes mellitus………………………………………………………………………1 diabetic ketoacidosis………………………………………………………………….4

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2016 End of Year Statistics NATURAL, cont. dilated cardiomyopathy……………………………………………………………….1 diffuse alveolar damage of longs……………………………………………………...1 eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy………………………………………………...2 emphysema……………………………………………………………………………2 end stage cirrhosis…………………………………………………………………….1 end stage polycystic kidney disease…………………………………………………..1

end stage renal disease………………………………………………………………..1 endocarditis…………………………………………………………………………...4 esophageal cancer……………………………………………………………………..1 excited delirium……………………………………………………………………….1 failure to thrive………………………………………………………………………..1 febrile seizure…………………………………………………………………………1 gastrointestinal bleed………………………………………………………………….1 gastrointestinal bleeding………………………………………………………………1 gastrointestinal hemorrhage…………………………………………………………...5 heart failure……………………………………………………………………………1 hemopericardium……………………………………………………………………...3 hemorrhagic cerebrovascular infarct………………………………………………….1 hemorrhagic complications of chronic dialysis……………………………………….1 hepatic and cardiac complications of chronic alcoholism…………………………….1 hepatocellular carcinoma……………………………………………………………...1 hypertension…………………………………………………………………………..2 hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease……………………………23 hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease……………………………..8 hypertensive and atherosclerotic heart disease………………………………………..2 hypertensive and valvular heart disease………………………………………………1 hypertensive cardiomyopathy…………………………………………………………2 hypertensive cardiovascular disease…………………………………………………26 hypertensive heart disease…………………………………………………………...10 idiopathic cardiac arrhythmia…………………………………………………………2 idiopathic seizure disorder…………………………………………………………….2 intestinal obstruction…………………………………………………………………..1 intracerebral hemorrhage……………………………………………………………...1 ischemic cardiomegaly………………………………………………………………..1 ischemic cardiomyopathy……………………………………………………………..1 ischemic heart disease……………………………………………………………….10 ketoacidosis…………………………………………………………………………...1 left hemothorax……………………………………………………………………….1 left intracerebral hemorrhage…………………………………………………………1

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2016 End of Year Statistics NATURAL, cont. lobar pneumonia………………………………………………………………………1 lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage…………………………………………………….1 lower G.I. bleed……………………………………………………………………….1 lymphoma……………………………………………………………………………..1 malnutrition…………………………………………………………………………...1 metastatic lung cancer………………………………………………………………...1 metastatic colon cancer……………………………………………………………….1 morbid obesity………………………………………………………………………...1 multiple system organ failure…………………………………………………………1 myasthenic crisis……………………………………………………………………...1 myocardial infarct…………………………………………………………………….2 myocardial infarction…………………………………………………………………1 myocardial ischemia………………………………………………………………….1

myocarditis…………………………………………………………………….….......1 natural causes…………………………………………………………………………1 non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage……………………………………………….1 obesity………………………………………………………………………………...1 pancreatic adenocarcinoma…………………………………………………………...1 pneumonia…………………………………………………………………………….2 pontine hemorrhage…………………………………………………………………..1 probable cardiac arrhythmia………………………………………………………….2 probable pulmonary thromboembolism………………………………………………1 probable seizure disorder……………………………………………………………..1 probable sepsis………………………………………………………………………..1 pulmonary embolism…………………………………………………………………2 pulmonary emphysema and chronic bronchitis………………………………………1 pulmonary hypertension………………………………………………………………1 pulmonary thromboembolism………………………………………………………...4 renal disease…………………………………………………………………………..1 ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm…………………………………………………1 ruptured berry aneurysm……………………………………………………………...1

saddle pulmonary embolism………………………………………………………….3 seizure disorder……………………………………………………………………….5 sepsis………………………………………………………………………………….5 septic emboli………………………………………………………………………….1 septic pulmonary embolism…………………………………………………………..1 septic shock…………………………………………………………………………...1 strangulated bowel……………………………………………………………………1 subarachnoid hemorrhage…………………………………………………………….2

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2016 End of Year Statistics NATURAL, cont. sudden cardiac death………………………………………………………………….1 tunneling and atherosclerosis of coronary artery……………………………………..1 upper gastrointestinal bleed…………………………………………………………..4 NONCLASSIFIED…………………………………………………………………………………11 nonhuman…………………………………………………………………………….1 Nonhuman Bone……………………………………………………………………...1 nonhuman bones………………………………………………………………….......3 nonhuman remains……………………………………………………………………5 umbilical cord………………………………………………………………………...1

SUICIDE………………………………………………………………………………………..…245 acetaminophen intoxication…………………………………………………………..1 acute benzodiazepines toxicity……………………………………………………….1 acute bupropion toxicity……………………………………………………………...1 acute combined drug intoxication……………………………………………………3 acute diphenhydramine toxicity……………………………………………………...2 acute ethanol and hydrocodone intoxication…………………………………………1 acute morphine intoxication………………………………………………………….1 acute oxycodone toxicity…………………………………………………………….1 acute quetiapine and oxycodone intoxication………………………………………..1 acute temazepam in hydromorphone intoxication……………………………………1 acute temazepam toxicity…………………………………………………………….1 acute venlafaxine toxicity…………………………………………………………….1 alcohol and cyclobenzaprine intoxication……………………………………………1 alcohol, hydrocodone and tramadol intoxication…………………………………….1 alprazolam, morphine and hydromorphone intoxication…………………………….1 amitriptyline intoxication…………………………………………………………….1 anoxic encephalopathy……………………………………………………………….3 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy……………………………………………………..1 asphyxia………………………………………………………………………………3 blunt force head injury……………………………………………………………….1 blunt force head trauma………………………………………………………………1 blunt force injuries……………………………………………………………………4 blunt force injuries due to motor vehicle crash………………………………………1 butalbital and acetaminophen intoxication…………………………………………...1 citalopram and quetiapine intoxication………………………………………………1

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2016 End of Year Statistics SUICIDE, cont. carbon monoxide intoxication………………………………………………………..1 carbon monoxide poisoning………………………………………………………….4 carbon monoxide toxicity…………………………………………………………….1 combined ethanol and diphenhydramine……………………………………………..1 combined ethanol and drug toxicity………………………………………………….2 combined drug toxicity……………………………………………………………….8 combined morphine and oxycodone toxicity…………………………………………1 complications of diazepam overdose…………………………………………………1 diphenhydramine intoxication………………………………………………………..2 doxepin, cyclobenzaprine and fentanyl intoxication…………………………………1 drowning……………………………………………………………………………...2 canal………………………………………………………………….1 pond………………………………………………………………….1 ethanol and drug toxicity……………………………………………………………..1 fentanyl and alprazolam intoxication…………………………………………………1 gunshot wound of arm and chest……………………………………………………..1 gunshot wound of chest………………………………………………………………9 gunshot wound of face………………………………………………………………..1 gunshot wound of head……………………………………………………………...70 gunshot wound of the head…………………………………………………………...9 hanging……………………………………………………………………………....30 helium bag asphyxia………………………………………………………………….2 hepatic necrosis……………………………………………………………………….1 imipramine intoxication………………………………………………………………1 incised wound of right wrist………………………………………………………….1 inhalation of products of combustion………………………………………………...3 intraoral gunshot wound……………………………………………………………...6 intraoral shotgun wound of head……………………………………………………..1 methadone intoxication……………………………………………………………….1 morphine and citalopram intoxication………………………………………………..1 multi-drug intoxication……………………………………………………………….1 multi-drug toxicity……………………………………………………………………1 multiple blunt force injuries………………………………………………………….4 multiple Blunt impact injuries………………………………………………………..1 multiple blunt traumatic injuries……………………………………………………..2 multiple drug intoxication…………………………………………………………..13 multiple sharp force injuries…………………………………………………………2 olanzapine toxicity…………………………………………………………………...1 oxycodone, acetaminophen, and zolpidem intoxication……………………………..1

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2016 End of Year Statistics SUICIDE, cont. oxycodone and acetaminophen intoxication………………………………………….1 phenobarbital intoxication…………………………………………………………....1 plastic bag and belt asphyxia………………………………………………………….1 plastic bag asphyxia…………………………………………………………………..4 positional asphyxia……………………………………………………………………1 quetiapine intoxication………………………………………………………………..1 rifle wound of neck and head…………………………………………………………1 sepsis………………………………………………………………………………….1 sharp injuries of wrists with exsanguination………………………………………….1 shotgun wound of chest……………………………………………………………….2 shotgun wound of head………………………………………………………………..2 stab and incised wounds of chest, abdomen, and neck……………………………….1 temazepam, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication…………………………………....1 tramadol intoxication………………………………………………………………….1 traumatic brain injury…………………………………………………………………1 vicodin (acetaminophen in hydrocodone) intoxication……………………………….1 UNDETERMINED……………………………………………………………………...…….…..27 alcohol and drug intoxication ……………………………………………….…….….1 anoxic ischemic encephalopathy and bronchial pneumonia……………………….…1 blunt force head injury…………………………………………………………….….1 blunt force head trauma………………………………………………………………2 blunt force injuries of undetermined etiology………………………………………..1 cerebral edema………………………………………………………………………..1 cocaine and fentanyl intoxication…………………………………………………….1 cocaine and metoprolol intoxication………………………………………………….1 combined drug toxicity……………………………………………………………….2 complication of drug overdose……………………………………………………….1 drowning……………………………………………………………………………...1 canal…………………………………………………………………..1 fentanyl intoxication………………………………………………………………….1 gunshot wound of the head…………………………………………………………...1 multiorgan anoxic ischemic injury…………………………………………………...1 multiple drug intoxication…………………………………………………………….2 oxycodone intoxication……………………………………………………………….2 undetermined……………………………………………………………………….…7

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