{Current data since 2005 below}
Fremont County Coroner 2013 1st Quarter Summary
(National Statistic Comparison from CDC-National Vital Statistics System, 2011, most recent available)
TOTALS: There have been 103 recorded deaths in Fremont County for the first quarter of 2013:
- 40.7% were Coroner Cases (42).
- There were six less cases the 1st quarter of 2013 than the 1st quarter of 2012 (48).
CASES: So far in 2013 the total number of cases “non-natural” in manner (accident, homicide, suicide, undetermined) are less at 9.5% (4) versus 25% (12) in 2012. Of those:
- The number of accidental deaths is 1, six less than the same period for 2012.
- The number of deaths by suicide is 1, three less than the same period for 2012.
- The number of deaths by homicide is 1, equal to the same period for 2012
- Motor-vehicle/Traffic deaths: There have been no vehicular traffic deaths so far in 2013, three less than the first quarter of 2012.
DRUGS AND ALCOHOL:
- Drugs and Alcohol related deaths in the first quarter account for only 10% of the Coroner cases, considerably less than the same period for 2012 (21%).
- Last year in 2012, ten of twelve non-natural deaths involved drugs and/or alcohol, this year, only one of four.
TRENDS
- Child fatalities are the same as last year, with two for this quarter.
- Suicide numbers are down after the record total of 19 for all last year.
Below are the current Manner of Death statistics, 2005 through 2013, most current date available:
