2000 Annual Review
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Types of Deaths Investigated and Certified
Unclassified Manner of Death
The unclassified manner of death is used for any death in which a drug of abuse, including alchohol, is the underlying cause of death. This manner does not include deaths where drugs or alcohol contribute to the death, but are not the actual underlying cause of death.
Unclassified Deaths by Cause of Death and Region
| Cause of Death |
Calgary
|
South Rural
|
Edmonton
|
North Rural
|
Total
|
| Drug toxicity |
24
|
15
|
55
|
13
|
107
|
| Ethanol toxicity and/or chronic ethanol abuse |
18
|
12
|
27
|
14
|
71
|
| Combined ethanol and drug toxicity |
6
|
3
|
19
|
11
|
39
|
| Inhaled solvent toxicity | 0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Methanol toxicity |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| Pine-Sol and ethanol toxicity | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
50
|
30
|
103
|
39
|
222
|
Unclassified Deaths by Region
Unclassified Deaths by Cause
