What is the difference between cause of death and manner of death?

What is the difference between cause of death and manner of death?

• A. Cause is the medical reason (e.g., blunt force trauma); manner is classification (homicide, accidental, natural, undetermined).
• B. Cause and manner both refer to how the death occurred in daily language.
• C. Manner of death is the medical reason; cause is the classification.
• D. Cause is the chronological order of events; manner is the time of death.

Answer: (A)