Bathroom is the most common place of the house that home accidents and deaths take place. In this study demographical characteristics of bathroom deaths were evaluated. Due to preventable characteristics of these deaths we aimed to attract attention to preventive measures. In this study, reports of 5891 death examination and autopsies performed at Diyarbakir Branch of Forensic Medicine between 1994-2003 were reviewed and 52 bathroom death events were assessed. Of all cases 30 (67.7%) were male, and 22 (42.3%) were female. The mean age of cases was 28.80 years with the age range of 10 months to 88 years. The most frequent deaths (28.8%), 15 cases) were occurred in 11-20 years age group. The manner was accident in 36 (69.2%) and suicide in 16 (30.8%) of deaths. The real most frequent cause of death was electrical water heater 18 (34.6%). Seasonal distribution revealed that accidental deaths were occurred mostly at summer (11 cases) and winter (10 cases) seasons, while suicides were performed most frequently at spring (6 cases). In conclusion, contrary to previous reports, in this study suicides were more frequently observed in bath­room, and accidental deaths were frequently caused by electrocution. Since 10 deaths in childhood (between 0-10 years) were completely related to electrical appliances. We think that there were inappropri­ate usage of electrical devices in our region. The occurrence of 66.7% of accidental deaths related to elec­trocution in baths, we think taking measures against inconvenient handling of electrical devices, can prevent most of bathroom deaths.