2000 Annual Review
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Types of Deaths Investigated and Certified
Accidental Deaths
Accidental Deaths by Cause and Region
|
Calgary
|
South Rural
|
Edmonton
|
North Rural
|
Total
|
|
| Motor vehicle |
76
|
111
|
58
|
154
|
399
|
| Fall |
31
|
16
|
49
|
22
|
118
|
| Drowning |
10
|
8
|
3
|
9
|
30
|
| Fire |
4
|
1
|
4
|
8
|
17
|
| Struck by falling or moving object (non-vehicular) |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
14 |
| Crush injuries |
1
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
13
|
| Hypothermia (cold exposure) |
1
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
12
|
| Tornado* |
2
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
| Occupational disease |
3
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
11
|
| Other accidental deaths | 5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
| Aspiration of foreign object |
5
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
| Other asphyxial deaths |
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
| Explosion | 0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
| Plane crash | 0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
| Drug toxicity | 0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| Carbon monoxide |
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
| Firearms |
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
| Hanging |
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
| Sexual asphyxia |
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
| Surgical misadventure |
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
| Burns |
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Electrocution |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| Medical misadventure |
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Undetermined cause |
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
| Anaphylaxis |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Avalanche |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Drug misadventure | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
146
|
175
|
142
|
233
|
696
|
| *All statistics are based on the place of death, not the place of the incident. | |||||
Details of Motor Vehicle Accidents
|
Calgary
|
South Rural
|
Edmonton
|
North Rural
|
Total
|
|
| Occupant of moving vehicle | |||||
| Driver |
26
|
58
|
21
|
72
|
177
|
| Passenger |
20
|
30
|
16
|
48
|
114
|
| Unknown if decedent was driver or passenger |
2
|
5
|
1
|
4
|
12
|
| Subtotal |
48
|
93
|
38
|
124
|
303
|
| Struck by moving vehicle | |||||
| Pedestrian |
11
|
8
|
10
|
15
|
44
|
| While bicycling |
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
| Subtotal |
14
|
9
|
12
|
16
|
51
|
| Train-related accidents | |||||
| Pedestrian struck by
a train |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Passenger in vehicle struck by a train |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Driver in vehicle struck by a train |
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
| Subtotal |
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
| Other motor vehicle accidents | |||||
| Motorcycle |
7
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
14
|
| Farm vehicle |
1
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
| Snowmobile |
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
| All terrain vehicle |
1
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
8
|
| Crushed under vehicle | 1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Other vehicles |
4
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
8
|
| Subtotal |
14
|
6
|
8
|
13
|
41
|
| Total motor vehicle accidents |
76
|
111
|
58
|
154
|
399
|
Accidental Deaths by Cause
Details of Selected Groups of Accidental Deaths
Farm Deaths
| Crushed by equipment |
4
|
| Tractor rollover |
3
|
| Caught in equipment |
2
|
| Drowning |
2
|
| Fell from equipment |
2
|
| All terrain vehicle rollover |
1
|
| Fall from horse |
1
|
| Fire | 1 |
| Kicked by cow | 1 |
| Run over by tractor | 1 |
| Total |
18
|
Drownings
| Found in bathtub (includes 5 epileptics) | 8 |
| Drowned while boating |
5
|
| Found in pond/lake/river/canal/ditch |
4
|
| Fell into ditch |
2
|
| Fell into manhole |
2
|
| Swimming in pond/lake/river |
2
|
| Fell through ice |
1
|
| Found in hot tub |
1
|
| Found in swimming pool |
1
|
| Motor vehicle - driver |
1
|
| Raft overturned |
1
|
| Scuba diving |
1
|
| Total |
29
|
Occupational Deaths
| Crushed by equipment or materials | 12 |
| Fall |
8
|
| Struck by equipment or materials |
8
|
| Asbestos exposure* |
6
|
| Motor vehicle - pedestrian |
4
|
| Caught in equipment |
3
|
| Explosion |
2
|
| Asphyxia in tanker |
1
|
| Electrocution |
1
|
| Exposure to coal dust |
1
|
| Exposure to silica |
1
|
| Struck by falling tree |
1
|
| Thrown from equipment |
1
|
| Trench cave-in |
1
|
| Total |
50
|
| *One of these deaths was a Natural manner. | |
Sport and Recreation Deaths
| Climbing | 6 |
|
| Swimming (drowned) |
5 |
|
| Boating/canoeing (drowned) |
4 |
|
| Snowmobiling |
4 |
|
| Bicycling |
3 |
|
| Snowboarding | 3 |
|
| All terrain vehicle (driver) | 2 |
|
| Fishing (drowned) | 2 |
|
| Horseback riding (thrown/fell) |
2 |
|
| Skiing |
2 |
|
| Bullriding |
1 |
|
| Hunting (firearms injury) |
1 |
|
| Parachuting (chute failed to deploy) |
1 |
|
| Scuba diving |
1
|
|
| Total | 37 |
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