Pattern of Occurrence of Natural Deaths – A 3 years retrospective study

Abstract

The present study has been carried out to find the occurrence of natural deaths and the diseases causing them in Eastern part of Bengaluru with special emphasis on histopathological correlation. Medico legal autopsy cases with history of Natural Death over period of three yearsbetween January 2019 to December 2021were included in this study. A total of 799 cases were autopsied at our Institute during that period, out of which 104 deaths (13.01 %) were due to natural deaths, The highest number of cases were observed in the age group of 21-30 years (n=29, 27.9 %), Maximum cases (n=12, 11.5%) of cases were found in January month, Majority of the cases were due to the diseases of Cardiovascular system (n=67, 64.1 %) followed by diseases of Respiratory system (n=23, 22.2 %),Maximum cases of natural deaths were due to coronary artery disease (n=44, 42.3%)], followed by pneumonia (n=13, 12.5%).