direct death; death directly caused by an accident, disease, etc.
Used in medical, legal, or disaster contexts to distinguish deaths directly attributable to a specific cause from indirect or secondary deaths.
Direct deaths from the earthquake are mainly caused by building collapses.
In these statistics, they distinguish between direct deaths from the accident and deaths from subsequent complications.
Compound of 直接 (direct) and 死 (death). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation patterns.