{Current data since 2004 below Quarterly Report}

Fremont County Coroner – 2010 2nd Quarter Summary (as of 07/14/2010)

 TOTALS: There have been 196 recorded deaths in Fremont County for the first half of 2010: 50% were Coroner Cases (98), There were 15 less cases in 2^nd quarter of 2010 (53) than the 2^nd quarter of 2009 (68)

CASES: So far for the 1^st half of 2010, the total of cases “non-natural” in manner (accident, homicide, suicide, undetermined) is 23% of the total coroner cases.  Of those:

1. Motor-vehicle/Traffic deaths: There have been 9 vehicular deaths so far in 2010, five less than the first half of 2009.
2. The number of accidental deaths is 9, ten less than the first half of 2009.
3. The number of deaths by suicide is 4, two more than the first half of 2009.
4. The number of deaths by homicide is 7, four more than the first half of 2009, but the same number as the first half of 2008. (Both 2008 and 2009 ended with a total of 14 homicides, the highest on record since the year 1885)
5. NOTE: There were NINE motor vehicle deaths in June 2009 alone. There has been only one motor vehicle fatality in Fremont County since the middle of April 2010.
6. So far for the year, 8 of the 9 motor vehicle deaths have involved single vehicle roll-overs, and in all of the roll-over deaths, seatbelts were not in use.

 POSITIVE  NOTES:

1. It has been more than 6 ½ years in a row without any completed youth suicides (age 17 and under).  There were no suicides in the 2^nd quarter of 2010.
2. There have been three child fatalities so far in 2010, one in the 2^nd quarter.  This is also considerably less than the seven in the first half of 2008, but slightly up from the one in the first half of 2009.

 DRUGS AND ALCOHOL:

1. Drugs and Alcohol related deaths in the first half of 2010 account for 19% of the Coroner cases (compared to 15% of total cases in the first half of 2009), 62% of the non-natural deaths (compared to 35% of total non-natural deaths for the first half of 2009).
2. While the percentages are higher than 2009, total numbers are down.

 TRENDS

1. The number of accidental deaths is remarkably low, due mostly to the low rate in the last two months of motor vehicle deaths. If the trend continues, we could see an accidental death rate we have not seen since the early 1990’s.

Below are the current Manner of Death statistics, 2004 through 2010, most current date available: