Causes and Prevailing factors of sudden Natural Deaths-An Autopsy study Conducted in North Coastal Area, Andhra Pradesh

A sudden death is not necessarily unexpected and unexpected death is not necessarily sudden, but very often the two are in combination¹, these sudden deaths are most probably due to transformation of man to more sedentary stressful life due to advancement in lifestyle and modern technology leading to increase in risk factors for sudden death. Unfortunately, forensic autopsy is too often thought of only in reference to violent or unnatural deaths. The present prospective study was aimed to know the effectiveness of post-mortem examination to find out the cause of death. Most of the natural deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases the leading mode of death in all communities throughout the world which are sudden, unexpected and not diagnosed or witnessed. But legally certification of death is mandatory in our country, hence cause of death can be arrived by doing medico legal autopsy in such circumstances. Studies conducted at one place can't be considered as standard to other with respect to etiology because the environment and the circumstances are not identical.