54y · Male·drowning
A 54-year-old man with chronic alcoholism drowned after driving his car into the sea at a boat ramp while extremely intoxicated. After spending se…
67y · Male·hypothermia
Richard Thorn, a 67-year-old man with a history of alcoholism and back problems affecting mobility, was found deceased on his bedroom floor. Autopsy confirmed death f…
52y · Male·hepatic failure secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma which developed from cirrh…
…ed from hepatic failure secondary to hepatocellular carcinoma developed from cirrhosis caused by chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C. He was an inmate at Long Bay Correctional Centre when diagnosed with end-stage cancer i…
48y · Male·subdural haemorrhage
A 48-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, diabetes, and poor general health died from subdural haemorrhage. He was found unresponsive at home aft…
57y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia in an HIV positive man on methadone
A 57-year-old man with HIV, chronic alcoholism, and opioid dependence died from aspiration pneumonia while residing in a managed care facility. On the …
46y · Male·Complications of chronic alcoholism and hypertension
Craig Leishman, 46, died from complications of chronic alcoholism and hypertension. He had a 10-year history of heavy alcohol use, liver failure (identified February 2016…
46y · Male·Unknown - possible causes include traumatic injury or dehydration in remote terr…
…ased on circumstantial evidence including his poor physical health, mental health struggles (depression, alcoholism), remote and harsh terrain, lack of any contact with services or family since disappearance, and explici…
53y · Male·sepsis due to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis on a background of end stage liv…
…acterial peritonitis on a background of end-stage liver failure. He had cirrhosis diagnosed in 2011 with alcoholism as the likely cause, and despite repeated medical advice to cease drinking, he increased his alcohol con…
78y · Male·unascertained
…n undetermined. Contributing factors included his age, poor health (heart failure, hypertension, chronic alcoholism with depression), recent adverse life changes (forced relocation, reduced autonomy, family tension about…
78y · Male·Aspiration pneumonia complicating advanced multifactorial dementia
Alec Bester, a 78-year-old man with advanced dementia (primarily alcohol-related), chronic alcoholism, emphysema, and ischaemic heart disease, died of aspiration pneumonia at the Roy Fagan Centre. He vomite…
51y · Male·Blunt head injury sustained in the circumstances of a seizure
John Jansen, a 51-year-old man with poorly controlled epilepsy and chronic alcoholism, died from blunt head injury sustained during a seizure in his home. He had not taken his anti-epileptic…
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
TS, a 47-year-old woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood alcohol c…
49y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy due to chronic alcoholism
Jacob Cameron, aged 49, died of dilated cardiomyopathy due to chronic alcoholism while subject to a psychiatric treatment order for schizophrenia. He was found deceased at his home appr…
79y · Male·advanced dementia, atherosclerotic and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease, and…
…9, died of advanced dementia complicated by atherosclerotic and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease and alcoholism at the Roy Fagan Centre in October 2019. He had lived a peripatetic lifestyle characterised by alcohol a…
51y · Male·self-inflicted chest injuries due to gunshot wound to chest
A 51-year-old man with a 37-year history of depression and alcoholism died by self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had ceased anti-depressant medication (desvenlafaxine) in Septe…
61y · Male·mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, promethazine) with aspira…
A 61-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, dilated cardiomyopathy and cirrhosis died from mixed prescription drug toxicity (methadone, diazepam, p…
60y · Male·Coronary artery atherosclerosis
William Elliot Preston, a 60-year-old male prisoner, collapsed suddenly in the prison kitchen and died from coronary artery atherosclerosis. He had severe coronary atherosclerosis identified on angiography during recent …
47y · Male·combined effects of alcohol-induced central nervous system depression, hypotherm…
A 47-year-old man with longstanding alcoholism, hypertension, liver disease, and depression died from combined alcohol-induced central nervous system d…
75y · Female·Renal failure and ketoacidosis in a woman with chronic alcoholism and type 2 dia…
A 75-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and chronic alcoholism died from renal failure and ketoacidosis at home. She was isolated, dependent on her elderly husband for…
59y · Male·Chronic liver disease due to alcoholism and chronic hepatitis C infection with c…
…Norman Wright, aged 59, died in Yatala Labour Prison on 26 August 2015 from chronic liver disease due to alcoholism and chronic hepatitis C infection, with contributing ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pul…
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