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The purpose of this investigation was to study specifically those cases of sudden death out-of-hospital in the Reykjavik area that were due to non-cardiac causes the last 13 years, from January 1987 to December 31, 1999. ⋯ In this study the data were reported in accordance with the Utstein protocol and therefore drug intoxication and suicide are not grouped together. However, most if not all cases of drug intoxication appear to have occurred in an attempt of suicide. Except for cardiac disease drug intoxication and suicides were together the most common causes of sudden death out-of-hospital in those instances attended by the crew of the emergency ambulance. The results of resuscitation attempts are much worse when the cause for sudden death is non-cardiac. Survival was relatively best in cases of "suffocation" or "drowning".