Category:Causes of death
Vital statistics generally distinguish specific injuries and diseases as cause of death, from general categories like homicide, accident, and death by natural causes as manner of death. Both are listed in this category, as are both proximal and root causes of death.
An injury that could be fatal is called major trauma; see also Category:Injuries.
See also Category:Diseases and disorders (many of which can be fatal).
Subcategories
This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total.
Pages in category "Causes of death"
The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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C
- Cardiac arrest
- Causes of Jane Austen's death
- Child vehicular heat stroke deaths
- Childhood acquired brain injury
- Choking
- Cold shock response
- Colorado River toad
- Combined drug intoxication
- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
- Coronary steal
- Counterfeit illegal drug selling
- Crush injury
- Death in custody
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- Savaging
- Senescence
- Septic shock
- Shock (circulatory)
- SIDS
- Slashing (crime)
- Smoke inhalation
- Spontaneous human combustion
- Stab wound
- Stabbing
- Starvation
- Strangling
- Stroke
- Substance abuse
- Sucker punch
- Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
- Sudden unexplained death in childhood
- Suicide
- Template:Suicide navbox
- Superior mesenteric artery syndrome
- Surgical shock
- Suspension trauma
- Suspicious death
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome