Citation

Kochoyan AL, Gedygushev IA, Yudinceva IV, Zabrodsky YD, Martemyanova AA. Sud. Med. Ekspert. 2023; 66(3): 5-9.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Izdatelstvo Meditsina)

DOI

10.17116/sudmed2023660315

PMID

37192451

Abstract

Aim of this study is to research the fatal electrical injury rate in the Russian Federation, identified during the forensic medical investigation/examination of corpses for the period of 2003 to 2021, and to detect Russian regions, where fatal electrical injury rates are significantly higher than the national average. Based on research of annual reports, it has been established, that the fatal electrical injury reaches insignificant, but relatively stable part in the total amount of violent death and fatal mechanical injury in the Russian Federation. The analysis of fatal electrical injury rates depending on Russian regions showed that the Republics of Adygea and Kalmykia, Krasnodar Territory, Rostov, Kursk and Astrakhan regions are areas with the greatest prevalence of fatal electrical injury. A comparative data analysis for the Russian Federation with the European Union countries and the CIS countries demonstrates that the fatal electrical injury has a high frequency of occurrence in our country.

Language: ru

Keywords

cause of death; electrical injury; forensic medical examination of a corpse; forensic medical investigation; lightning injuries