Citation

Raut PK, Tingne C, Gajbhiye SM, Dixit PG. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2016; 10(1): 189-193.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2016.00043.8

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Acute poisoning is an important medical emergency and one of the causes of death. A thorough knowledge of the profile of the victim is essential for management and prevention of poisoning. The current study was conducted at a major Government Hospital in central India to evaluate socio demographic profile of poisoning death with special reference to various influencing and precipitating factors, also to study current trends in death due to poisoning.

Out of 72 poisoning death, 68.05% of the cases were males with female to male ratio 1: 2.1. Peak incidence was observed in age group 21-30 years (45.71%). More than four times of the cases belonged to medium socio economic class. 59.72% cases were from the rural areas. Majority of cases were literates and married. Organophosphorus compounds were the most commonly abused agents. Based on these findings preventive measures like restriction of sale and strengthening the legislature on the availability of poison, promoting poison center etc. have been put forward.

Language: en