{Current data since 2004 below}
Fremont County Coroner – 2012 1st Quarter Summary (as of 04/02/2011)
TOTALS: There have been 101 recorded deaths in Fremont County for the first quarter of 2012:
- 47.5% were Coroner Cases (48).
- There was five more cases the 1st quarter of 2012 than the 1st 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:
- The number of accidental deaths is 6, one less than the same period for 2011.
- The number of deaths by suicide is 4, one more than the same period for 2011.
- The number of deaths by homicide is 1, equal to the same period for 2011.
- 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:
- 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:
- The one homicide was vehicular, equal to the same period last year.
- Child fatalities are also the same as last year, with two for this quarter.
- 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:
