Autoerotic fatalities are deaths caused by unusual and risky solitary sexual practices such as self-bondage and autoerotic asphyxia. However, more exotic forms of autoerotic death also occur.

According to one estimate, there are 500 to 1000 autoerotic deaths every year in the United States.

In some cases autoerotic fatalities are not initially recognized, and are confused with suicide.

External links

• http://www.law-forensic.com/autoerotic_2.htm
• http://www.corpus-delicti.com/auto.html
• http://www.silentvictims.org/
• PubMed: Autoerotic fatalities with power hydraulics (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8454997&dopt=Abstract)
• PubMed: Unusual fatal mechanisms in nonasphyxial autoerotic death. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10739230&dopt=Abstract)
• PubMed: Death from electrocution during autoerotic practice: case report and review of the literature. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9662120&dopt=Abstract)