manner of death
How someone died
Manner of death is a medical-legal classification describing the circumstances under which death occurred.
The standard categories are natural, accident, suicide, homicide, and undetermined.
Manner of death differs from cause of death—a gunshot wound is a cause; whether it was self-inflicted or inflicted by another determines the manner.
The coroner ruled the manner of death a homicide.
Not artificially produced
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- suicideVoluntary death by oneself
- homicideCausing another's death
- undeterminedNot yet established
pending · unclassified · coroner · medical examiner · vital records · coding · reporting · investigation
Not done on purpose
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- fallDescend under gravity
- motor vehicleSelf-propelled road conveyance
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
poisoning · asphyxiation · electrocution · fire · choking · hypothermia · hyperthermia · industrial
Disorder impairing normal function
- agingGrowing older over time
- heart failureInadequate blood pumping condition
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
organ failure · pneumonia · infection · cardiac arrest · respiratory failure · senescence · renal failure · liver failure
Deliberate unlawful killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- assaultViolent offensive act
- gunshotFirearm's explosive report
- stabbingWounding with a blade
strangulation · blunt trauma · beating · victim · perpetrator · premeditated · criminal · intentional
Caused by oneself
- intentionalDone on purpose
- hangingExecution by noose
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- gunshotFirearm's explosive report
jumping · cutting · asphyxiation · poisoning · note · ideation · attempt · completed
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- medical examinerPhysician determining death causes
- toxicologyScience of poisons
- postmortemExamination after death
pathology · inquest · crime scene · evidence · body · remains · tissue · blood
natural
Not artificially produced
undetermined · pending · unclassified · coroner · medical examiner · vital records · coding · reporting · investigation
unintentional
Not done on purpose
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- fallDescend under gravity
- motor vehicleSelf-propelled road conveyance
overdose · poisoning · asphyxiation · electrocution · fire · choking · hypothermia · hyperthermia · industrial · occupational
disease
Disorder impairing normal function
- agingGrowing older over time
- heart failureInadequate blood pumping condition
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
stroke · organ failure · pneumonia · infection · cardiac arrest · respiratory failure · senescence · renal failure · liver failure · sepsis
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- assaultViolent offensive act
- gunshotFirearm's explosive report
stabbing · strangulation · blunt trauma · beating · victim · perpetrator · premeditated · criminal · intentional · felony
self-inflicted
Caused by oneself
- intentionalDone on purpose
- hangingExecution by noose
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
gunshot · jumping · cutting · asphyxiation · poisoning · note · ideation · attempt · completed · method
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- medical examinerPhysician determining death causes
- toxicologyScience of poisons
postmortem · pathology · inquest · crime scene · evidence · body · remains · tissue · blood · ruling
- forensic pathologyautopsy, coroner, medical examiner, pathologist, postmortem
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- Crime Scenecrime scene, evidence marker, evidence bag, evidence bags, crime tape
- death causesnatural causes, homicide, murder, suffocation, strangulation
- death recordsvital records, certified copy, obituaries, vital record, registrar
- postmortemspostmortem, post-mortem, autopsy, necropsy, postmortem exam
death, manner, manners, mannered, mannerism, manned, mannerly, mannerless, unmannerly