Function
The Coroner’s Office determines cause and manner when a person dies:
- As a result of violence
- By suicide or casualty
- Suddenly when in apparent good health
- When unattended by a physician
- In any suspicious or unusual manner
- After birth but before seven years of age if the death is unexpected or unexplained
Additional Causes
The Coroner’s Office also determines the cause and manner of death if a person dies:
- As a result of an execution carried out because of the death penalty
- Is an inmate of a state hospital
- Is an inmate of a State, County, or City penal institution
- After being admitted to a hospital in an unconscious state and without regaining consciousness within 24 hours of admission