Citation

Saeed S, Shuaib M, Hussain M. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2017; 11(1): 183-188.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00038.X

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicide is the second commonest manner of unnatural death flanked by accident and homicide. The reasons for suicide and modes of attempted suicides vary from country to country and are also different in different races and cultures. This study was conducted at JN Medical College Hospital, Aligarh with the aim of knowing the common causes and modes of suicidal attempt. The study was conducted over a period of 5 years from January 2007 to December 2011. A total of 1164 cases were included in the study 548 (47.08%) were males and 616 (52.92%) were females. Poisoning was the most common mode of attempted suicide 530 (45.33%) cases, followed by hanging 252 (21.65%) cases. Domestic problems accounted for 255 (45.33%) cases as causes of attempted suicide. Regarding outcome of suicidal attempts 274 (23.54%) victims died in their suicidal attempt. The important findings in the present study included that 50% of the persons who attempted suicide were illiterates. Organophosphorus compounds (fertilizer) were used as poison and dowry related issues were important factors for attempting suicide. © 2017, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Attempted suicide; Burns; Dowry death; Hanging; Organophosphorus poisoning; Suicide