During 1999 the Whatcom County Medical Examiner's Office conducted 98 death investigations. The following statistics and graphs show the breakdown of the various causes of the deaths and the ages and sex of those who died. Also included is data from the Whatcom County Traffic Safety Council on seatbelt and motorcycle helmet usage. The causes of death shown on the above table are further broken down and displayed in the following pages. There were 43 total accidental deaths of which 28 were male and 15 female.
Light bars are male and dark bars female.
There were 36 total natural death investigations of which 22 were male and 14 female. Dark bars are female and light bars male. There were 16 total suicide deaths of which 13 were male and 3 female. Light bars are male and dark bars female. There were two total homicide deaths and they were both males, one age 38 and the other age 43.