title: [Deaths in preschool and school age--a retrospective analysis from a medicolegal point of view].
abstract: At the Department of Legal Medicine in Giessen all forensic autopsies from the years 1990 until 2001 were investigated under the aspect of "death in preschool and school age between 3 and 16 years of age." Out of 69 deaths 19% were due to a natural and 81% to an unnatural cause of death. Both groups (3 to 6 and 7 to 16 years of age) were analyzed retrospectively with regard to age and circumstances of death and compared with the literature. The purpose of the differentiating evaluation is to furnish ideas how to prevent violent deaths of children.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin am Universitätsklinikum Giessen.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Risse
authors.forename: Iris-Eva
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Nagelmeier
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weiler
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000401:mortality*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Todesfälle im Vorschul- und Schulalter--eine retrospektive Analyse aus rechtsmedizinischer Sicht.