What is the definition of 'death by natural causes'?

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What actually is 'natural causes'?

Some say it is disease... but if that's the case, why are some people classified as died from heart failure/etc. and some classified as died from natural causes? What's the difference?

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There is probably some legal guru that will give you all the technicalities but here you go. A natural cause is any death that has been ruled as such. This is a big catch-all phrase that usually means there was no specific identifiable cause of death. For drug overdose, gross injuries, murders, there is a readily definable cause of death. For specific natural causes, such as stroke, aneurism, myocardial infarct, pulmonary edema and the like where there are some tell-tale signs of the cause, then the coronor will state those causes. But there are some deaths that are still natural but don't leave behind any pronounced clues. These fall under the heading of "natural causes." And remember that ultimately every death is the result of cerbral hypoxia. The brain dies for lack of oxygen regardless of the route the body takes to get there.

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Natural Causes Definition

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Natural Death Definition

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While i like the way you think.... sorry, no. A "natural" cause of death is one where humans are not involved. If humans are responsible for a death, it is considered as .... hold on i don't think i have a clue what i'm talking about hear :P. Ok, here's the ACTUAL skinny: The best definition i can come up with is "A natural cause of death is any cause that is due to the failure of some part of the body without any outside influence. So, if you have a heart attack, or if you have a stroke, that is a natural cause. However, if you are poisoned, murdered, in a car accident etc. etc. etc. then that is an unnatural cause because it was something outside of your body itself that caused the death." I think that diseases are also considered to be "outside influences" in some cases... pretty odd in general!! Generally, if a death is caused by planning, accident or by some outside influence, it is considered to be "un-natural". A bullet in the head, therefore, would by any definition that is widely accepted, be considered "un-natural."

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What is the definition of 'death by natural causes'?
What actually is 'natural causes'?

Some say it is disease... but if that's the case, why are some people classified as died from heart failure/etc. and some classified as died from natural causes? What's the difference?

Answer 7

Natural causes means there was no external reason for the death.
Sometimes is it used to simplify the explanation....it is quicker than saying a person died from indiopathicthrombocytopedicpupura or some other big word.

I assume the word of choice is natural causes is most often the term of choice on a bitrh certerfic

Answer 8

"Natural causes" means that the person didn't have any overwhelming disease processes going on in their body at the time and there was no foul play. In other words, they went to sleep and their (usually) aged and tired brain or heart just stop. It's quite a blessing to die so peacefully, if you ask me.

Answer 9

Natural causes means anything except traumatic accident or attack. So cancer, heart disease, stroke, all those, while they have names of their own, are in the family of natural causes. A slip and fall would not be, nor would getting shot or a car accident, etc. Any failure of the body's own systems is natural causes.

Answer 10

Yes you are mostly on target, natural causes is mostly dease, heart trouble, kiddney, bladder, intesyance, even drawning on your own salvia, water in the lungs, what medical terms do is to try and stop this way of death, yet the side effects can even be worse, hear the saying you got to get sick to get well, and today it is pretty bad on the heart patient we have been following also, he is going into his childhood, we can only hope it is a side affect that goes away.