2000 Annual Review
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Types of Deaths Investigated and Certified
Undetermined Manner of Death
The undetermined manner of death is used for cases in which an investigation is unable to establish whether the death was a homicide, suicide, or accident, even though the actual cause of death may be known. In some cases, both the cause of death and the manner of death cannot be determined.
Undetermined Manner Cases by Cause and Region
| Cause of Death |
Calgary
|
South Rural
|
Edmonton
|
North Rural
|
Total
|
| Undetermined cause of death |
7
|
5
|
9
|
8
|
29
|
| Drug toxicity |
6
|
9
|
2
|
2
|
19
|
| Ethanol and drug toxicity |
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
| Fire | 1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| Motor vehicle - driver |
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
| Other |
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
| Carbon monoxide |
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
| Child battery |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Drowning |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Fall |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Hanging |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Inhaled solvent and drug toxicity |
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Methanol |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Motor vehicle - pedestrian |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Motor vehicle - unknown if driver or passenger | 0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Stab/cut | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Pedestrian (struck by train) | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
23
|
21
|
15
|
19
|
78
|