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I believe it's for statistical purposes(if it's anything like death codes here in Aus).

If there is an uptick in dolphin strikes, the Government(or some environmental management group) may do something about the dolphin problem.



Speaking of Australian death codes: http://deathmatch.me/


Or if there's a sudden lack of dolphin related accidents it might be good to look into whether or not the end of the world is eminent[0].

[0] http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Dolphins


Wouldn't it also hide increases of "injured by a sea creature" that could be more useful in policy making.


I don't think so, though I don't know in practice I imagine there would be categories that aggregate the individual codes.




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