Abstract
Background- Very often in sudden natural death (SND), due to rapidity of onset of symptoms and suddennessof death, the attending physician could not certify the death with confidence, even though he is familiar withmedical history of patient. Such deaths must undergo Medico-legal autopsy to determine the exact cause ofdeath and to rule out any foul play. The data regarding the incidence and cause of SND will be helpful forplanning health programs at community level. The objective of the present study is the same.Material and Method- The medico-legal autopsy record, police inquest papers, other relevant laboratoryinvestigation of SNDs over the two year study period were verified and considered in the present study.Observation-10.08 % deaths were due to sudden natural deaths (SND) with male to female ratio 4.1:1.Most of the SNDs were in 4th (31.54%) and 5th(26.42%) decade of life. Cardiac causes (50.94%) were mostpredominant followed by respiratory causes (26.15 %). Over all coronary artery disease (CAD) was thecommonest cause of SNDs.
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