Background: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) in childhood is a common and fatal accident. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients who have died as a result of foreign body aspiration between 2005-2014 in XXXXXXX/XXXXX. Methods: In this retrospective study, medicolegal reports of pediatric cases who died as a result of foreign body aspiration and were autopsied between 2005 and 2014 and were examined by the xxxxxxx Forensic Medicine Institute. The analysis of the research data was done with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Results: A total of 6309 forensic autopsies were performed between the years examined, 0.8% (n=51) of them were child deaths due to foreign body aspiration. The average age of the cases was found to be 2.10 ± 2.90, 90.2% of them are in the 0-4 age range. 60.8% of the cases are male. 82.4% of the aspiration material is vegetative products. In terms of foreign body localization, obstruction was found in both main bronchus distal in 45.1% of the cases. Conclusion: It is thought that increasing the awareness of parents and professional caregivers against foreign body aspiration and having received first aid training may lead to a decrease in the incidence and mortality rates.