{Current data since 2004 below}

Fremont County Coroner – 2012 1^st Quarter Summary (as of 04/02/2011)

TOTALS: There have been 101 recorded deaths in Fremont County for the first quarter of 2012:

1. 47.5% were Coroner Cases (48).
2. There was five more cases the 1^st quarter of 2012 than the 1^st quarter of 2011 (43).

CASES: So far in 2012 the total number of cases “non-natural” in manner (accident, homicide, suicide, undetermined) are less at 23% versus 28% in 2011.  Of those:

1. The number of accidental deaths is 6, one less than the same period for 2011.
2. The number of deaths by suicide is 4, one more than the same period for 2011.
3. The number of deaths by homicide is 1, equal to the same period for 2011.
4. Motor-vehicle/Traffic deaths: There have been 3 vehicular deaths so far in 2012, two less than the first quarter of 2011.

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL:

1. Drugs and Alcohol related deaths in the first quarter account for 21% of the Coroner cases, slightly less than the same period for 2011 (23%), 91% of  the non-natural deaths (up from 83% in 2011).

TRENDS:

1. The one homicide was vehicular, equal to the same period last year.
2. Child fatalities are also the same as last year, with two for this quarter.
3. Suicide numbers continue to rise after the spike of a total of 14 for last year.

Below are the current Manner of Death statistics, 2004 through 2012, most current date available: