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Table 2 Profile of unnatural deaths and their circumstances among the domestic workers

From: Patterns of death among migrant domestic workers in Jordan: retrospective analysis of 63 cases in a tertiary hospital

Manner of death

Specific CoD

Number of cases

Confirmed suicide

Hanging

9

Confirmed accidental death

CO poisoning

4

RTA

1

Confirmed homicide

Strangulation

3

Blunt trauma

2

Suspected suicide unconfirmed by medical examiners

Poisoning

1

Falling from a height

25

Burn

2