Citation

Sumińska-Ziemann B, Bloch-Bogusławska E. Arch. Med. Sadowej Kryminol. 2013; 63(4): 267-271.

Vernacular Title

Powieszenia w materiałach Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej CM UMK w Bydgoszczy w latach 2000-2010.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Polish Forensic Medicine Society)

DOI

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PMID

24847637

Abstract

This study presents an analysis of suicides based on autopsy protocols from the years 2000-2010. Out of all autopsies conducted at Department of Forensic Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 477 cases resulted from hanging. During this period the majority of hangings were recorded in 2010 (61 cases). The parameters assessed in this study included age, sex, post-mortem blood ethanol concentration and place of death of the victims. The age range of the deceased was similar in the group of men and women. Males represented the majority of victims of hanging (89%); only 11% of all the victims were females. The authors observed differences in blood alcohol level of the victims in association with their sex. Not present ethanol was noted in approx. 42% of men and 71% of women. More than 65% cases of suicide hangings were encountered in urban areas, in living quarters and outbuildings.

Language: pl