The investigation of sudden or unexpected death has got immense importance where the vital objective of the investigation is to exclude an unnatural cause of death. Total 2509 autopsies were performed during January 2001 to December 2002 (2 years), out of which 224(8.92%) were sudden deaths. Most of the sudden deaths were in the middle age group i.e. 31–50 years of age. Male predominates female among all sudden deaths with male: female ratio 1:0.178. Cardiovascular causes were the leading causes of death followed by respiratory causes among all sudden deaths. Death due to coronary artery disease amounts to almost half of all sudden deaths (42.85%). The role of histopathological examination in confirmation of cause of death was discussed.
Sudden death, Natural death, Unexpected Death, Autopsy
