It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that one day the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions: "Whom do you consider to be martyrs among you?" The Companions said: Whoever is killed in the path of Allah, patient and seeking reward, advancing and not turning his back, is a martyr. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then the martyrs of my Ummah would be very few. The one killed in the path of Allah is a martyr; the one who dies on his bed in the path of Allah is a martyr; the one who dies of a disease of the stomach is a martyr; the one who is stung (or bitten) is a martyr; the one who drowns is a martyr; the one who dies of choking is a martyr; the one who is devoured by a wild beast is a martyr; the one who falls from his mount (and dies) is a martyr; the one who dies under a collapsing building is a martyr; the one who dies of pleurisy (dhat al-janb) is a martyr; and the woman in childbirth whose child kills her (is a martyr) - that child will pull her by its umbilical cord into Paradise."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 11636