Abstract
In last 5 years, the carboxyhemoglobin levels (COHb%) in the blood of 354 persons killed in fires and burns were determined using colorimetry. We were investigated the relation of COHb% with cause of death, age, physique, occupation and physical condition in death from multivariate analysis such as cluster analysis, principal component analysis and factor analysis. The COHb% in the blood of the person killed in carbonmonoxide poisoing were related to age. But the COHb% in the blood of the person except senility killed in fire related other victims. The COHb% in the blood of the persons of senility killed in fire were low average. The most of the persons killed in burn had in the blood which COHb% were less than 15%. A number of the physically handicapped persons died from burn. The average of COHb% in the blood of persons killed in carbonmonoxide was 70% when deaths due to carbonmonoxide not only in fire but also in other accidents were taken into consideration. We distinguished the cause of death (victims of fire or carbonmonoxide poisoning) from the COHb% in the blood.
