Prevalence of Different Death Causesaccording to the Findings of the Pediatric Bodies' Autopsy (1-24 Months) Sent to the Legal Medicine Organization of Tehran Province in the Summer and Fall of 2019

Determination of causes of death according to the findings of the autopsy in pediatric population is important from legal and medical aspects to reduce the deaths. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of death causesaccording to the findings of the pediatric bodies' autopsy (1-24 months) sent to the legal medicine organization of Tehran province in the summer and fall of 2019.

With the help of available data, 209 consecutive pediatric bodies' autopsy (1-24 months) sent to the legal medicine organization of Tehran province in the summer and fall of 2019 were enrolled and the causes of death were determined in them.

Respiratory failure (57.9%), cardiovascular causes (10.5%), and multiple traumas (9.6%) were the main causes of mortality. Age, family history, health status, type of disease, twin pregnancy, weight, violence, and pathology results were related to the cause of death (P < 0.05).

Totally, according to the obtained results it may be concluded that respiratory failure, cardiovascular cause, and multiple traumas are the main etiologies of mortality in pediatric bodies' autopsy from 1 to 24 months.