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2019 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

 

2019

(eff. 1/1/19 thru 12/31/19)
TOTAL REPORTED CASES 4724
Accepted as Coroner’s Cases 2278
Not Assigned as Coroner’s Cases 2446
   
MANNER OF DEATH AFTER INVESTIGATION  
Accidental 1239
Homicide 131
Natural 675
Suicide 178
Undetermined 52
   
AUTOPSIES  
Total Performed 1263
Franklin County Cases 1263
Out of County Cases 0
External Examinations 578
   
ADDITIONAL FIGURES  
Bodies Transported 2005
Storage Cases 110
Scene Investigations 1423
Toxicology Performed 1928
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) 12