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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
   
MANNER OF DEATH AFTER INVESTIGATION  
Accidental 1,610
Homicide 240
Natural 986
Suicide 178
Undetermined 80
   
AUTOPSIES  
Total Performed 1,750
Franklin County Cases 1,719
Out of County Cases 31
External Examinations 1,078
   
ADDITIONAL FIGURES  
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) 25