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The causes listed are relatively immediate medical causes, but the ultimate cause of death might be described differently. For example, tobacco smoking often causes lung disease or cancer , and alcohol use disorder can cause liver failure or a motor vehicle accident .
In August 1986—at the first international conference on the Chernobyl disaster—the IAEA established but did not make official a figure of 4,000 deaths as the total number of projected deaths caused by the accident over the long term. In 2005 and 2006, a joint group of the United Nations and the governments of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia ...
This is an index of lists of people by cause of death, in alphabetical order of cause. Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster (including list of victims) List of fatalities from aviation accidents. List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents. List of deaths through alcohol. List of deaths from anorexia nervosa. List of choking deaths.
Vital statistics generally distinguish specific injuries and diseases as cause of death, from general categories like homicide, accident, and death by natural causes as manner of death. Both are listed in this category, as are both proximal and root causes of death. An injury that could be fatal is called major trauma; see also Category:Injuries.
The stages that follow shortly after death are: Corneal opacity or "clouding". Pallor mortis, paleness which happens in the first 15–120 minutes after death. Livor mortis, or dependent lividity, a settling of the blood in the lower (dependent) portion of the body. Algor mortis, the reduction in body temperature following death.
Proximate cause: Because the ship failed to change course to avoid it. Ultimate cause: Because the ship was under autopilot and the autopilot's data was inaccurate. (even stronger): Because the shipwrights made mistakes in the ship's construction. (stronger yet): Because the scheduling of labor at the shipyard allows for very little rest.
In law, medicine, and statistics, cause of death is an official determination of the conditions resulting in a human 's death, which may be recorded on a death certificate. A cause of death is determined by a medical examiner. In rare cases, an autopsy needs to be performed by a pathologist. The cause of death is a specific disease or injury ...
Her death certificate states the immediate cause of death was "probable acute barbiturate intoxication" due to alcohol intoxication Eddy Shaver: 1962 2000 38 Musician Heroin Accidental Mark Shaw: 1921 1969 47 Photographer Amphetamines Unknown Bobby Sheehan: 1968 1999 31 Musician Unspecified Unknown Toby Sheldon: 1980 2015 35