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'''Death by natural causes''' is often recorded on [[death records]] as the [[wikt:cause|cause]] of a person's [[death]]. Death from [[Nature|natural]] causes might be a [[heart attack]], [[stroke]], [[old age]], [[illness]] or [[infection]]. [[Cancer]] is not considered a natural cause of death.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Stark, Martha |title=A physician's guide to clinical forensic medicine |publisher=Humana Press |location=Totowa, NJ |year=2000 |pages=225 |isbn=0-89603-742-8 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Also, a cause of death can be recorded as "[[wikt:undetermined|undetermined]]" if the person [[Suicide|kills themself]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/12/what_exactly_are_natural_causes.html |publisher=Slate.com |title=What, Exactly, Are "Natural Causes"? |author=Palmer, Brian |date= 21 December 2009}}</ref>

'''Death by natural causes''' is often recorded on [[death record]]s as the [[wikt:cause|cause]] of a person's [[death]]. Death from [[Nature|natural]] causes might be a [[heart attack]], [[stroke]], [[illness]], or [[infection]]. [[Cancer]] is not considered a natural cause of death.<ref name="Stark, Martha 2000 225">{{cite book|author=Stark, Martha |title=A physician's guide to clinical forensic medicine |publisher=Humana Press |location=Totowa, NJ |year=2000 |pages=225 |isbn=0-89603-742-8 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref>

 

By contrast, death caused by active intervention is known as [[unnatural death]]. The "unnatural" causes are usually given as [[accident]] (implying no unreasonable voluntary risk), misadventure (accident following a willful and dangerous risk, which can include drug or alcohol overdose), suicide, or [[homicide]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bryant, Clifton D. | author-link= Clifton D. Bryant |title=Handbook of death & dying |publisher=Sage Publications |location=Thousand Oaks |year=2003 |pages=968 |isbn=0-7619-2514-7 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> In some settings, other categories may be added.  For example, a [[prison]] may track the deaths of [[Incarceration|inmate]]s caused by acute intoxication separately.<ref name="Stark, Martha 2000 225"/> Additionally, a cause of death can be recorded as "undetermined".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/12/what_exactly_are_natural_causes.html |publisher=Slate.com |title=What, Exactly, Are "Natural Causes"? |author=Palmer, Brian |date= 21 December 2009}}</ref>

 

By contrast, death caused by active intervention is called [[unnatural death]]. The "unnatural" causes are usually given as [[accident]] (implying no unreasonable voluntary risk), [[Death by misadventure|misadventure]] (an accident following a willful and dangerous risk, which can include drug or alcohol overdose), [[suicide]], or [[homicide]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bryant, Clifton D. | author-link= Clifton D. Bryant |title=Handbook of death & dying |publisher=Sage Publications |location=Thousand Oaks |year=2003 |pages=968 |isbn=0-7619-2514-7 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> In some settings, other categories may be added. For example, a [[prison]] may track the deaths of [[Incarceration|inmate]]s caused by acute intoxication separately.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stark, Martha |title=A physician's guide to clinical forensic medicine |publisher=Humana Press |location=Totowa, NJ |year=2000 |pages=225 |isbn=0-89603-742-8 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> Additionally, a cause of death can be recorded as undetermined.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/12/what_exactly_are_natural_causes.html |publisher=Slate.com |title=What, Exactly, Are "Natural Causes"? |author=Palmer, Brian |date= 21 December 2009}}</ref>

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