[Epidemiologic study of fatal injuries autopsied at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the 3rd Medical School of Charles University Hospital in Vinohrady, Prague, from 1996 to 1999].
In our study comprising 1010 persons who died as a result of injury death at the age of 15-97 years and were autopsied in the Institute of Department of Forensic Medicine of the 3rd Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, were 748 men and 262 women. 717 died at the site of injury and 293 died from the consequences of the injury in hospital. The most frequent cause of injury death was unintentional deaths (56.14%), followed by suicide (26.83%), murder (12.48%) and occupational injuries (4.55%). Road traffic accidents accounted for 51% of unintentional injury deaths. The most frequent cause of death was traumatic shock (32.67%), followed by injuries of the brain and spinal cord (30.50%). Injuries affect most frequently the head (60.5%) and chest (56.9%). The presence of alcohol in blood was detected at 30.2% of deceased.