2021 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
2021
(eff. 01/01/2021 thru 12/31/2021) |
| TOTAL REPORTED CASES |
5,863 |
| Accepted as Coroner’s Cases |
3,098 |
| Not Assigned as Coroner’s Cases |
2,765 |
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| MANNER OF DEATH AFTER INVESTIGATION |
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| Accidental |
1,610 |
| Homicide |
240 |
| Natural |
986 |
| Suicide |
178 |
| Undetermined |
80 |
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| AUTOPSIES |
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| Total Performed |
1,750 |
| Franklin County Cases |
1,719 |
| Out of County Cases |
31 |
| External Examinations |
1,078 |
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| ADDITIONAL FIGURES |
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| Bodies Transported |
2,995 |
| Storage Cases |
99 |
| Scene Investigations |
1,754 |
| Toxicology Performed |
2,893 |
| 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) |
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