Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome Among Southeast Asian Refugees Files

This series contains case report records for the death of a person at least two years old for whom a postmortem examination revealed no underlying cause of death. The deaths occurred in the United States, but the decedents, 99% of whom were men, were born or had at least one parent born in a Southeast Asian country.

This social survey includes information about the refugee's or immigrant's ethnicity; sex; birth date; immigration date; state of residence; appearance and signs of distress just before death; medical treatment; and the availability of an autopsy report, a pathology report, a coroner's report, a toxicology report, and a death certificate. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC).