2015 Year End Statistics
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Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Office 3126 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406-3005 (561) 688-4575 2015 END OF AND YEAR STATISTRICS ACCIDENT: YTD TRANSPORTATION RELATED……………………………………………………………....................…207 Driver/Operator………………………………………………………………………..…...106 Occupant………………………………………………………................................................7 Passenger………………………………………………………………………………..…...28 Pedalcyclist……………………………………………………………………………..…....21 Pedestrian………………………………………………………………………………..…...45 NON TRANSPORTATION RELATED………………………………………………....................................704 Drug Intoxication…………………………………………………………………….…......331 Fall……………………………………………………………………………………...…..270 Other………………………………………………………………………….................….103 TOTAL ACCIDENTS……………..….…………………….…..................…...………......911 HOMICIDE………………………………………………………………………………………….……….…………111 NATURAL………………………………………………………………………………………………….………...…412 NONCLASSIFIED…………………………………………………………………………………….……..………..…..9 SUICIDE………………………………………………………………………………………………….......................238 UNDETERMINED…………………………………………………………………………….……….………….……..40 CREMATION APPROVALS…………………………………………………………………….…….…..................7,312 NON MEDICAL EXAMINER CASES INVESTIGATED………………………...………….….…….……...…..... 806 TOTAL CASES REFERRED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE…………...........................9,839 AUTOPSIES…………………………………………………………………………………….………………....….1,057 INSPECTIONS (VISUAL EXAMINATIONS)…………………………………………………….…………….…….415 NO BODY CASES………………………………………………………………………………………………….... 249 TOTAL CASES INVESTIGATED……………………………………………………………….…..………..……..1,721 INVESTIGATOR SCENES………………………………………………………………………………………...…...347 DOCTOR SCENES…………………………………………………………………………….………..……….………...4 AFTER HOUR SCENES…………………………………………………………………………………………...…...177 AFTER HOURS CASES REFERRED TO MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE……….………………………….….1,034 AFTER HOURS CASES INVESTIGATED……..…………………………………………….….……………...….…881 MICROSCOPIC STUDIES PERFORMED……………………………………………………………………..….…...709 TOXICOLOGY STUDIES PERFORMED……………………………………………………………………………1,205 Page 1 of 23 Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Office 2015 End of Year Statistics NUMBER OF CASES TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL EXAMINER OFFICE………………………….………..1,472 ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONS…………………………………………………………………………………160 ORGAN AND TISSUE……………………………………………………………………………….69 EYES ONLY……………………………………………………………………………………….….91 2015 UNIDENTIFIED BODIES……………………………………………………………………….……(15-1043)…..1 TOTAL UNIDENTIFIED BODIES (1973 – 2015)………..…………………………………………….……………….63 UNCLAIMED BODIES:………………………………………………………………………………….........................87 Boxes with no case number……………………………………………………………..……..5 Unknown Year: 19-383, 19-708, J-67, L-18, L-25453, ME-0147…………..……………….6 1976: 76-J51………………………………………………………………………………...1 1978: 78L-6, 78-1135……………………………………………………………………….2 1979: 79-7, 79-22780, 79-32021, 79-74332………………………………………………..4 1981: 81-142………………………………………………………………………………...1 1982: P-10, P-203, P-204……………………………………………………………………3 1983: 83-0116, 83-0301, 83-0721, 83-0727………………………………………………..4 1984: 84-0134, 84-1046…………………………………………………………………….2 1985: 85-0058, 85-1000…………………………………………………………………….2 1986: 86-0584, 86-1261…………………………………………………………………….2 1987: 87-0356, 87-0983, 87-1015, 87-1184………………………………………………..4 1988: 88-0108, 88-0373, 88-0698, 88-1001………………………………………………..4 1990: 90-0716, 90-0717, 90-1045, 90-1054…………………………………………….….4 1991: 91-0415, 91-0456, 91-0510, 91-0563, 91-0717………………………………….….5 1992: 92-0701…………………………………………………………………………….…1 1993: 93-0337, 93-0710, 93-0736, 93-0867, 93-1035………………………………….….5 1994: 94-0863, 94-0885, 94-1044………………………………………………………….3 1995: 95-0763, 95-0830, 95-0878………………………………………………………….3 1996: 96-0010, 96-0550, 96-554, 96-1006………………………………………………...4 1997: 97-0781, 97-43445…………………………………………………………………..2 1999: 99-0282, 99-0427, 99-0579, 99-0997……………………………………………….4 2000: 00-0551………………………………………………………………………………1 2001: 01-0436………………………………………………………………………………1 2002: 02-0710, 02-1054……………………………………………………………………2 2004: 04-0183, 04-0644…………………………………………………………………....2 2006: 06-0018………………………………………………………………………………1 2010: 10-0853, 10-1279…………………………………………………………………….2 2012: 12-0635, 12-0962…………………………………………………………………….2 2013: 13-0153, 13-0217, 13-1389………………………………………………………….3 2014: 14-0051…………………………………………………………………………..…..1 2015: 15-1043………………………………………………………………………………1 Page 2 of 23 Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Office 2015 End of Year Statistics ACCIDENT…………………………………………………………………….…………………911 TRANSPORTATION RELATED………………………………………….…..…207 Driver/Operator……………………………….…..……………….106 Airplane, crash…………………………………….….1 Auto, ejected……………………………………….…2 Auto vs. Auto…………………………………………8 Auto vs. Autos………………………………………..1 Auto vs. Auto and Unknown Motor Vehicle………...1 Auto vs. Building…………………………………….1 Auto vs. Canal………………………………………..4 Auto vs. Dumpster……………………………………1 Auto vs. Guardrail……………………………….…...1 Auto vs. Pond…………………………………………1 Auto vs. Pickup truck………….……………………..5 Auto vs. Sport Utility Vehicle ……………………….4 Auto vs. Sport Utility Vehicle and Auto……………...1 Auto vs. Tow Truck…………………………………..1 Auto vs. Tractor Semi Trailers……………………….1 Auto vs. Tree………………………………………….8 Auto vs. Trees………………………………………...3 Auto vs. Unknown Motor Vehicle……………………1 Auto vs. Utility Pole……………………………….….2 Auto vs. Wall …………..……………………………..2 Golf Cart, roll over……………………………………1 Motorcycle, ejected……………………………….…..5 Motorcycle vs. Auto ………..……………………….11 Motorcycle vs. Auto and Sport Utility Vehicle……….1 Motorcycle vs. Fence………………………………….1 Motorcycle vs. Guardrail……………………………...1 Motorcycle vs. Pickup Truck………………………….2 Motorcycle vs. Sport Utility Vehicle………………….2 Motorcycle vs. Tractor Semitrailer……………………1 Motorcycle vs. Tree…………………………………..1 Motorcycle vs. Utility Trailer…………………………1 Motor Scooter, ejected………………………………..1 Motor Scooter vs. Auto………………………….……1 Motor Scooter vs. Sport Utility Vehicle………….…..5 Motor Scooter vs. Sport Utility Vehicles……………..1 Pickup Truck, ejected…………………………………2 Page 3 of 23 Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Office 2015 End of Year Statistics TRANSPORATED RELATED, cont. Driver/Operator, cont. Pickup Truck vs. Guardrail…………………………...1 Pickup Truck vs. Sport Utility Vehicle……………….1 Pickup Truck vs. Tractor Semitrailer…………………1 Pickup Truck vs. Tree………………………………...3 Pickup Truck vs. Utility Pole…………………………1 Sport Utility Vehicle, ejected………………………....2 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Automobile………………...2 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Canal……………………….1 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Sport Utility Vehicle……….2 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Railroad Train……………...1 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Tractor Semitrailer………....1 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Tree………………………....1 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Utility Pole………………....1 Unknown Motor Vehicle vs. Unknown Motor Vehicle……………………..2 Occupant…………………………………………………….………..7 Airplane, crash……………………………………….2 Auto vs. Canal………………………………………...3 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Auto………………………..1 Tractor Semi Trailer, ejected…………………………1 Passenger…………………………………………………….……...28 Airplane, crash………………………………………..1 Auto vs. Auto…………………………………………4 Auto vs. Auto and Unknown Motor Vehicle…………1 Auto vs. Auto and Utility Pole………………….…….1 Auto vs. Autos ………………………………………..5 Auto vs. Building……………………………………..1 Auto vs. Canal………………………………………...1 Auto vs. Metal Handrail………………………………1 Auto vs. Pickup Truck………………………………..1 Auto vs. Tractor Semitrailers…………………………3 Auto vs. Tree………………………………………….3 Auto vs. Utility Pole………………………………….1 Motorcycle vs. Auto………………………………….2 Sport Utility Vehicle, ejected…………………………2 Sport Utility Vehicle vs. Auto………………………...1 Pedalcyclist……………………………….………………………....21 Bicycle vs. Auto …………………………………….14 Page 4 of 23 Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Office 2015 End of Year Statistics TRANSPORATED RELATED, cont. Pedalcyclist, cont. Bicycle vs. Pickup Truck……………………………..1 Bicycle vs. Railroad train…………………………….1 Bicycle vs. Sport Utility Vehicle……………………..3 Bicycle vs. Tow Truck………………………………..1 Bicycle vs. Unknown Motor Vehicle………………...1 Pedestrian…………………………………………………….……..45 vs. Auto……………………………………………..17 vs. Autos……………………………………………...1 vs. Auto and Multiple Unknown Vehicles…………...1 vs. Cargo Van………………………………………...2 vs. Passenger Van………………………………….....1 vs. Pickup Truck………………………………….......3 vs. Pickup Truck and Utility Pole…………………….1 vs. Railroad Train………………………………….....5 vs. Straw Blower……………………………………..1 vs. Sport Utility Vehicle……………………………...4 vs. Sport Utility Wagon………………………………1 vs. Tractor Semitrailer………………………………..1 vs. Unknown Motor Vehicle………………………....5 vs. Unknown Motor Vehicles………………………...1 vs. Van………………………………………………..1 NON TRANSPORTATED RELATED………………………………...…..……..704 Drug Intoxication……………………………………………….…331 1,1-Difluoroethane Toxicity………………………….1 Acute Alcohol Intoxication…………………………..1 Acute Alpha PVP Toxicity…………………………...1 Acute and Chronic Alcoholism………………………1 Acute and Chronic Ethanolism…..……………….….2 Acute and Chronic Ethanol Abuse…………………...1 Acute and Chronic Ethanol Toxicity…………………1 Acute Cocaine and Ethanol Toxicity…………………1 Acute Cocaine and Heroin Intoxication……………...1 Acute Cocaine Toxicity…………………………........5 Acute Combined Cocaine and Fentanyl Intoxication...1 Acute Combine Drug Intoxication………………….13 Acute Combined Drug Toxicity……………………...1 Acute Combined Heroin and Fentanyl Intoxication….1 Page 5 of 23 Palm Beach County Medical Examiner Office 2015 End of Year Statistics NON TRANSPORTATED RELATED, cont. Drug Intoxication, cont. Acute Ethanol Intoxication…………………………...1 Acute Ethanol Intoxication and Hyperthermia……….1 Acute Ethanol Toxicity……………………………….2 Acute Fentanyl and Heroin Toxicity…………………1 Acute Fentanyl and Venlafaxine Intoxication………..1 Acute