Nagamori H, Mukai T, Uchima E, Tamaki N, Ohshiro T, Une Y
Department of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.
Nihon Hoigaku Zasshi. 1993 Feb;47(1):72-9.
Medicolegal evaluation of 1495 cases of unnatural death of last 10 years was carried out in our department and the data so obtained were statistically analysed. The cases consisted of 260 inspections, 865 judicial autopsies and 370 administrative autopsies. The most frequent category was death from diseases followed by suicide, homicide, traffic accidents, other accidents and self originated accidents. In homicide cases, sharp objects were mainly used. Six cases of accident of scuba diving were included within the group of 28 cases of drowning of self originated variety. Although Okinawa is subtropical 12 cases of death by accidental hypothermia were found. Gangland fight using rifles cost 7 lives, 2 policemen, a high school student and 4 members of locally originated gangsters during last 18 months. Cardiac insufficiency was the most common of sudden unexpected death cases that complied with the data of Tokyo and Osaka. Death from alimentary disorder in Okinawa was 1.5 times more frequent than that in Tokyo and Osaka and liver disorder accounted for about 41%. The 68 cases of death from suckling contained 10 SIDS cases. Complication of medical treatment was encountered in 9 cases during the past 10 years.
我们科室对过去十年1495例非自然死亡病例进行了法医学评估，并对所获数据进行了统计分析。这些病例包括260例尸检、865例司法解剖和370例行政解剖。最常见的死因是疾病，其次是自杀、他杀、交通事故、其他事故和自伤事故。在他杀案件中，主要使用锐器。在28例自伤性溺水病例中，包括6例潜水事故。尽管冲绳属亚热带地区，但仍发现12例意外低温死亡病例。在过去18个月里，使用步枪的黑帮火并造成7人死亡，包括2名警察、1名高中生和4名当地黑帮成员。心脏功能不全是最常见的猝死病例类型，这与东京和大阪的数据相符。冲绳因消化系统疾病导致的死亡频率比东京和大阪高出1.5倍，肝脏疾病约占41%。68例哺乳死亡病例中有10例是婴儿猝死综合征。在过去十年中，有9例出现了医疗并发症。
