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Siddappa SC, Siddesh RC, Viswanathan KG, Gupta A. Int. J. Biomed. Adv. Res. 2014; 5(2): 83-86. |
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(Copyright © 2014, Scholar Science Journals) |
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Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases. Injury & Violence are major killers of children and adolescents under the age of 18 years throughout the world, and are responsible for about 950000 deaths each year. Unnatural childhood deaths are not only associated with intense trauma and separation distress, but also relate to a sense of self neglect to protect children from harm. Out of 532 autopsies performed during the study period from January 2010 to December 2013, 87 victims belongs to the pediatric age group, were autopsied at the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at J.J.M.Medical College's, Bapuji hospital and Research center, Davangere. The purposes of this study were to report the autopsy findings of unnatural child deaths, and to identify the prevalence of specific factors such as age, sex, postmortem findings, cause of death and manner of death. The adolescent age group (12-18 years) were most commonly affected, with a significant male preponderance. Many of the cases were accidental in nature with road traffic accident being the greatest cause. Other causes were assaults, burns, drowning, falls, snakebite, stings, There was much coexistence of the parameters typical of both industrialization and population explosion in developing countries, indicating the epidemiological transition. It is important to find out the origin and causes of childhood deaths to guide health policies in preventing the unnatural deaths. Besides, different legal approaches are also needed for different causes. Language: en |