Dying
Types of Deaths
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Sudden Death

• Death after an unexpected illness
• Death of unknown circumstances
• S.I.D.S.   

Anticipated Death

• Death that occurs after a long illness

Suicide

• Killing one's self

Homicide 

• Killing of others

Accidental

• Falls
• Blunt force or mechanical injuries
• Cutting or stabbing
• Explosions
• Firearms
• Asphyxiation (gagging or chocking, hanging, carbon monoxide) 
• Vehicular accident (auto, bus, train, subway, bicycle, watercraft, snowmobile, or aircraft)
• Weather related (lightening, heat, tornadoes, hurricanes, hypothermia)
• Drug overdose (medical substance, narcotics, alcohol) 
• Burns (fire, liquid, chemical, electrical, radiation)
• Electrocution
• Stillborn death

Occupational

• Death by trauma or disease
• Caisson disease (bends)
• Industrial infection
• Pneumoconiosis
• Present or past exposure to toxic waste or product
• Fractures
• Burns

Therapeutic 

• Deaths occurring while under anesthesia or any period related to
• Deaths due to surgery complications
• Deaths due to the administration of a drug, serum or vaccine

Medical malpractice

• Death related to poor medical/surgical care

Abortions

• Induced death of a fetus