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2018 Coroner's Office Statistics

Most categories contain cases from other counties. For example, a homicide victim from Marion County may have actually died at a Franklin County hospital, making it a Marion County criminal case, but a Franklin County Coroner’s Case.

 

Coroner's Office Statistics

 

2018

(eff. 1/1/18 thru 12/31/18)
TOTAL REPORTED CASES 4538
Accepted as Coroner’s Cases 2077
Not Assigned as Coroner’s Cases 2461
   
MANNER OF DEATH AFTER INVESTIGATION  
Accidental 1098
Homicide 142
Natural 576
Suicide 203
Undetermined 58
   
AUTOPSIES  
Total Performed 1145
Franklin County Cases 1104
Out of County Cases 41
External Examinations 583
   
ADDITIONAL FIGURES  
Bodies Transported 1892
Storage Cases 126
Scene Investigations 1333
Toxicology Performed 1781
Sudden Infant Deaths were reported in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code 313.121. SID total is also reflected in the Manner of Death categories; Natural, Accidental, & Undetermined. Present language also identifies this cause of death as Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) 22