Article

Incidence of unnatural deaths in Transkei sub-region of South Africa (1996–2015)

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 59 , issue 4 , 2017 , pages: 138–142

DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2017.1292697

Author(s): BL Meel Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, South Africa

Keywords: unnatural deaths , traumatic deaths , violent deaths

Abstract

Background: Unnatural deaths are a serious and preventable public health problem in South Africa. Such an event is more than the death of an individual who has died in an unnatural way. It has a negative and long-lasting impact on family members as well as on society as a whole.

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