2023 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
2023
(eff. 01/01/2023 thru 12/31/2023) |
| TOTAL REFERRED DEATHS |
5,455 |
| Accepted as Coroner’s Cases |
2,974 |
| Not Assigned as Coroner’s Cases |
2,481 |
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| MANNER OF DEATH AFTER INVESTIGATION |
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| Accidental |
1,613 |
| Homicide |
184 |
| Natural |
918 |
| Suicide |
199 |
| Undetermined |
51 |
| Fetal Demise |
9 |
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| AUTOPSIES |
|
| Total Performed |
1,117 |
| Franklin County Cases |
1,117 |
| Out of County Cases |
0 |
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| EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS |
|
| Total Performed |
1,059 |
| Franklin County External Examinatons |
1,059 |
| Out of County External Examinatons |
0 |
| Partial Examinations |
87 |
| Death Certificate Only |
743 |
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| ADDITIONAL FIGURES |
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| Bodies Transported |
2,397 |
| Storage Cases |
44 |
| Scene Investigations |
1,486 |
| Toxicology Invesitagtions |
2,403 |
| Non-Human Bones Found |
29 |
| 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) |
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