| 1. |
Asphyxiation by gagging
or foreign substance, including food in the airway, compression of
the airway or chest, by
hand, material, or ligature; drowning;
hanging; cyanide; deprivation of oxygen; carbon monoxide; and/or
other gases causing suffocation.
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9. |
Vehicular accidents,
including auto, bus, train, motorcycle, bicycle, watercraft,
snowmobile, or aircraft, including driver, passenger, or related
non-passenger, such as being struck by parts flying or thrown from
the vehicle.
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| 2. |
Blunt trauma or other
forms of mechanical violence.
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10. |
Electrical shock.
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| 3. |
Burns from fire, liquid,
chemical, radiation, or electricity.
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11. |
Explosion. |
| 4. |
Carbon monoxide
poisoning. (Resulting from natural gas, automobile exhaust, or
other).
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12. |
Falls, including hip
fractures or other injury.
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| 5. |
Cutting or stabbing.
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13. |
Firearm injuries.
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| 6. |
Deaths from
electrocution.
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| 7. |
Drowning (actual
or suspected).
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14. |
Weather related deaths
including tornado, lightning, heat exhaustion, or hypothermia. |
| 8. |
Drug overdose from
medication, chemical,
or poison ingestion, whether it is actual or
suspected. This includes any medical substance, narcotic or
alcoholic beverage, whether sudden, short, or long term survival has
occurred. |
15. |
Stillborn or newborn
infant death where there is a recent or past traumatic event
involving the mother, such as vehicular accident, homicide, suicide
attempt, or drug ingestion that may have precipitated delivery or
had a detrimental effect to the newborn. |
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