Biomaterial Database

Hypothermia-related deaths--North Carolina, November 1993-March 1994. 1994

For 1979-1991, North Carolina (1990 population: 6,628,637) ranked second in number and ninth in rate of deaths associated with hypothermia (clinically defined as an unintentional lowering of the body temperature to < or = 95 F [< or = 35 C])). From November 1993 through March 1994, a total of 28 deaths attributed to hypothermia were reported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina. This report summarizes information about those deaths and describes specific findings for four deaths that reflect circumstances commonly associated with hypothermia.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007035	Hypothermia	Lower than normal body temperature, especially in warm-blooded animals.	Hypothermia, Accidental,Accidental Hypothermia,Accidental Hypothermias,Hypothermias,Hypothermias, Accidental
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009657	North Carolina	State bounded on the north by Virginia, on the east and Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Georgia and South Carolina, and on the west by Tennessee.
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old