Brinkmann B, Karger B, Barz J, Kleiber M, Schröpfer D, Staak M
Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Münster.
Arch Kriminol. 1998 May-Jun;201(5-6):129-36.
A multicentre study involving 36 out of 38 German medico-legal Institutes discovered 784 non-natural fatalities among 78,000 external examinations before cremation (1%) in 1995. These included 169 accidents, 16 suicides, 3 homicides and 589 deaths in connection with medical treatment. In the remaining 7 cases, a belated differentiation between homicide and accident was not successful. A linear projection results in 1980 non-natural fatalities among all 197,000 external examinations before cremation. This number includes 8 homicides but due to considerable inhomogeneities, a number of 40 homicides appears to be realistic. Consequently, abolishing the mandatory external examination before cremation would be equivalent to an official renouncement of solving relevant non-natural deaths. In case of a thorough external examination, a total of 18,000 non-natural fatalities including approximately 180 homicides could be detected per year during the first external examinations (n = 885,000).
一项涉及38家德国法医学机构中的36家的多中心研究发现，在1995年78000例火化前的尸体外部检查中，有784例非自然死亡（占1%）。其中包括169起事故、16起自杀、3起他杀以及589起与医疗相关的死亡。在其余7例中，事后未能成功区分他杀和事故。通过线性推算得出，在所有197000例火化前的尸体外部检查中，非自然死亡有1980例。这个数字包括8起他杀，但由于存在相当大的不均衡性，40起他杀的数字似乎更现实。因此，废除火化前强制进行的尸体外部检查，就相当于官方放弃解决相关非自然死亡问题。在全面进行尸体外部检查的情况下，在首次尸体外部检查（n = 885000）期间，每年总共可检测到18000例非自然死亡，其中包括约180起他杀。
