The Statistical Analysis on the Postmortem Inspection Cases of National Forensic Service Seoul Institute in 2016.
10.7580/kjlm.2017.41.3.67
- Author:
You Jin WON
1
;
Jeong Woo PARK
;
Seung Gyu CHOI
;
Nahyun AUM
;
Dong Yeong KIM
;
Won Jun SEO
;
Seung Woo CHOI
;
Min Je LEE
;
Mi Young YU
;
Jong Pil PARK
;
Minsung CHOI
;
Seong Ho KIM
;
Soo Kyung LEE
;
Woong Jae YUN
;
Yu Hoon KIM
;
Yi Suk KIM
;
Seong Hwan PARK
;
Jang Han KIM
;
Seong Ho YOO
;
Soong Deok LEE
;
Jae Yong GIM
;
Kyung Moo YANG
;
Han Young LEE
;
Young Shik CHOI
Author Information
1. Medical Examiner's Office, National Forensic Service, Wonju, Korea. rudany@korea.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Postmortem inspection;
Autopsy rate;
Cause of death;
Statistics
- MeSH:
Autopsy;
Cause of Death;
Humans;
Police;
Seoul*;
Suicide
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2017;41(3):67-72
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
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 (09:00–18:00), 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.
