{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:

1. 40.7% were Coroner Cases (42).
2. There were six less cases the 1^st quarter of 2013 than the 1^st 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:

1. The number of accidental deaths is 1, six less than the same period for 2012.
2. The number of deaths by suicide is 1, three less than the same period for 2012.
3. The number of deaths by homicide is 1, equal to the same period for 2012
4. 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:

1. 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%).
2. Last year in 2012, ten of twelve non-natural deaths involved drugs and/or alcohol, this year, only one of four.

TRENDS

1. Child fatalities are the same as last year, with two for this quarter.
2. 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: