Death by natural causes facts for kids

Death by natural causes is often recorded on death records as the cause of a person's death. Death from natural causes might be a heart attack, stroke, illness, or infection. Cancer is not considered a natural cause of death.

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), suicide, or homicide. A cause of death can also be recorded as "undetermined".