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KMID : 0357820170410030067
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2017 Volume.41 No. 3 p.67 ~ p.72
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The Statistical Analysis on the Postmortem Inspection Cases of National Forensic Service Seoul Institute in 2016
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Won You-Jin
Park Jeong-Woo
Choi Seung-Gyu
Aum Na-Hyun
Kim Dong-Yeong
Seo Won-Jun
Choi Seung-Woo
Lee Min-Je
Yu Mi-Young
Park Jong-Pil
Choi Min-Sung
Kim Seong-Ho
Lee Soo-Kyung
Yun Woong-Jae
Kim Yu-Hoon
Kim Yi-Suk
Park Seong-Hwan
Kim Jang-Han
Yoo Seong-Ho
Lee Soong-Deok
Kim Jae-Yong
Yang Kyung-Moo
Lee Han-Young
Choi Young-Shik
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Abstract
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From January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016, a total of 1147 postmortem inspection cases in Area 8, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (Gangseo, Yangcheon, and Guro police stations) were statistically analyzed. Autopsies were performed in 205 cases (17.9%), and the autopsy rates were 17.6% (75/426 cases) in the Gangseo police station, 9.5% (34/357 cases) in the Yangcheon police station, and 24.3% (82/337 cases) in the Guro police station. For 288 cases with an unknown cause of death, the autopsy rates were 70.0% (60/87 cases) in the Gangseo police station, 28.6% (26/91 cases) in the Yangcheon police station, and 63.1% (65/103 cases) in the Guro police station. For 65 cases due to fall from height, the autopsy rate was 7.7% (n=5). Of the 187 cases due to hanging, 155 cases were classified as suicide at the scene with a 4.5% (n=7) autopsy rate and 32 cases were classified as an undetermined manner of death at the scene with a 15.6% (n=5) autopsy rate. The distribution of the “manner of death” was natural death, 45% (n=516); unnatural death, 29.9% (n=343); and other and undetermined, 25.1% (n=288). Proportions of dispatch times were 50.9% (584 cases) during work hours (09:00-8:00), 13.8% (n=158) during evening hours (18:00-21:00), 13.4% (n=154) at night (21:00-00:00), 11% (n=126) at dawn (00:00-06:00), and 10.9% (n=125) during morning hours (06:00-09:00). The male-to-female ratio was 1.86:1 (746:401). These statistics are valuable for the evaluation of postmortem inspections by experts.
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KEYWORD
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Postmortem inspection, Autopsy rate, Cause of death, Statistics
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