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2022 Coroner's Office Statistics

Most categories contain cases from other counties. For example, a homicide victim from Marion County may have actually died at a Franklin County hospital, making it a Marion County criminal case, but a Franklin County Coroner’s Case.

 

Coroner's Office Statistics

 

2022

(eff. 01/01/2022 thru 12/31/2022)
TOTAL REFERRED DEATHS 5,886
Accepted as Coroner’s Cases 3,023
Not Assigned as Coroner’s Cases 2,845
   
MANNER OF DEATH AFTER INVESTIGATION  
Accidental 1,561
Homicide 173
Natural 1,012
Suicide 203
Undetermined 68
Fetal Demise 6
   
AUTOPSIES  
Total Performed 1,374
Franklin County Cases 1,374
Out of County Cases 0
   
EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS  
Total Performed 994
Franklin County External Examinatons 994
Out of County External Examinatons 0
Partial Examinations 131
Death Certificate Only 524
   
ADDITIONAL FIGURES  
Bodies Transported 2,609
Storage Cases 113
Scene Investigations 1,633
Toxicology Performed 2,555
Non-Human Bones Found 24
Sudden Infant Deaths were reported in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code 313.121. SID total is also reflected in the Manner of Death categories; Natural, Accidental, & Undetermined. Present language also identifies this cause of death as Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) 31