Di Maio V J, Di Maio D J
Office of the Medical Examiner, Bexar County, Texas.
J Forensic Sci. 1991 Jan;36(1):17-24.
A study of 1000 consecutive autopsies of individuals dying of natural disease was conducted. Cardiovascular disease was responsible for 60.9% of all deaths with coronary artery disease--not only the main cause of cardiovascular death but also the main cause of all natural deaths--accounting for 45.1% of such cases. Diseases of the central nervous and respiratory systems accounted for 8.7 and 8.6%, respectively, of the natural deaths. Seizure disorders and pneumonia were the main causes of death in these organ systems. There were 124 deaths of children less than one year in age, 91 of which were due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). All of the SIDS deaths were in children less than 10 months old.
对1000例死于自然疾病的个体进行了连续尸检研究。心血管疾病占所有死亡人数的60.9%，其中冠状动脉疾病不仅是心血管死亡的主要原因，也是所有自然死亡的主要原因，占此类病例的45.1%。中枢神经系统疾病和呼吸系统疾病分别占自然死亡人数的8.7%和8.6%。癫痫发作障碍和肺炎是这些器官系统的主要死亡原因。有124例1岁以下儿童死亡，其中91例死于婴儿猝死综合征（SIDS）。所有SIDS死亡病例均为10个月以下儿童。
