Prevalence of HCV, HBV, and HIV Seropositivity among Cadavers Referred to Autopsy Hall of Legal Medicine Bureau of Tehran, Iran

Table 3

Frequency distribution of the cause of death in the studied subjects.

Cause of death	Frequency	Percentage	Overall percentage
Heart disease	277	26.7	26.7
Trauma	319	30.7	57.4
Internal disease	118	11.4	68.7
Poisoning	64	6.2	74.9
Drug intoxication	81	7.8	82.7
Infectious diseases	34	3.3	85.9
Burn	29	2.8	88.7
Respiratory failure and asphyxia	64	6.2	94.9
Other	53	5.1	100