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in Scotland) investigates the case. Coroners are independent judicial officers who investigate deaths reported to them, and subsequently whatever inquiries are necessary to discover the cause of death, this includes ordering a post-mortem examination, obtaining witness statements and medical records,
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Different categories are used in different jurisdictions, but manner of death determinations include everything from very broad categories like "natural" and "homicide" to specific manners like "traffic accident" or "gunshot wound". In some cases an
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The manner of death can be recorded as "undetermined" if there is not enough evidence to reach a firm conclusion. For example, the discovery of a partial human skeleton indicates a death, but might not provide enough evidence to determine a cause.
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In England and Wales, a specific list of choices for verdicts is not mandated, and "narrative verdicts" are allowed, which are not specifically classified. The verdicts aggregated by the Ministry of Justice are:
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is performed, either due to general legal requirements, because the medical cause of death is uncertain, upon the request of family members or guardians, or because the circumstances of death were suspicious.
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codes are sometimes used to record manner and cause of death in a systematic way that makes it easy to compile statistics and feasible to compare events across jurisdictions.
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A natural cause of death occurs due to illness and its complications, or internal body malfunctions, and is not directly caused by external forces other than
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of death, which might differ from the cause that is used to classify the manner of death. For example, the proximate cause or mechanism of death might be
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In some jurisdictions, some more detailed manners may be reported in numbers broken out from the main four or five. For example:
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Death From Natural Causes – Certificate of Treating or Examining Doctor – Form 3 – Burial and Cremation Act 2013 (section 10)
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There is particular ambiguity around the classification of cardiac deaths, triggered by a traumatic incident such as in
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administered by a person with intent to kill or injure, leading to certification of the manner of death as "homicide".
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As organisms age, various health-related consequences arise. In humans, a few examples include slower healing of
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An unnatural cause of death results from an external cause, typically including homicides, suicides, accidents,
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In the United Kingdom, when people die, either a doctor writes an acceptable natural cause of death
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who lacked the ability to understand causes of death attributed unknown causes to "old age." With
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Adelson's The Pathology of Homicide: A Guide for Forensic Pathologists and Homicide Investigators
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classifies what other jurisdictions might call "undetermined" as "unnatural":
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A death ruled as homicide or unlawful killing is typically referred to
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or holding an inquest. In the unified legal jurisdiction of
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Deaths in prison or while in civilian or military detention
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Cause of death aggravated by lack of care, or self-neglect
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Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. pp.  470:or equivalent official for investigation and 246: 166:, and a cold may be more likely to result in 926: 924: 922: 203: 689:. 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Index

Natural causes
A Natural Death
Natural causes (disambiguation)
Unnatural Death (novel)
jurisdictions
coroner
medical examiner
police
vital statistic
cause of death
autopsy
International Classification of Disease
infectious diseases
pneumonia
diarrheal diseases
cancer
stroke
heart disease
skin tissue
blood vessel
immune system
internal bleeding
plaque
heart attack
pneumonia
doctors
modern medicine
medical machinery
stress cardiomyopathy
proximate cause

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