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Subarachnoid hemorrhage as a cause of death in Japan

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Japan is more prone to subarachnoid hemorrhage than other nations, with an estimated annual death rate of 25 out of 100 000 population (in white races 20). Subarachnoid hemorrhage constitutes 6.6% of all sudden death cases of Tokyo, a far greater percentage than that of New York (4.7%) and London (4.3%). Women are more liable to subarachnoid hemorrhage, while men are more liable to intracerebral hemorrhage. Problems of causality between contingent trauma and ruptured aneurysm were discussed from medical as well as judicial point of view.

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Vorgelegt wird eine statistische und kasuistische Studie über Subarachnoidalblutungen in Japan. Die Mortalität betrug im Jahre 1970 25 zu 100 000 Einwohner; sie ist höher als in der Weißen (20 auf 100 000). 6,6% der plötzlichen Todesfälle in Tokio wurden verursacht durch eine Subarachnoidalblutung; in New York waren es 4,7%, in London 4,3%. Bei Frauen überwiegt die Subarachnoidalblutung, bei Männern die intracerebrale Blutung. Das Problem der Kausalität zwischen einem Trauma und der Ruptur eines Aneurysma wurde besprochen, sowohl im medizinischen als auch im juristischen Sinne.

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Ueno, S., Ito, M., Shoji, M. et al. Subarachnoid hemorrhage as a cause of death in Japan. Z Rechtsmed 72, 151–160 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02077219

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