Citation

Ghangale AL. Int. J. Med. Toxicol. Legal Med. 2002; 4(2): 25-27.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, India Medico Legal Society)

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Abstract

Suicide is common type of death amongst unnatural type of deaths. It is observed from various textbooks and studies that methods of suicidal deaths are changing from one place to another place and new trends are followed with the available means. Males prefer to commit suicide by hanging and female commit it by drowning and burning. Modi's and other text books, observed that no age bar to commit suicide, by hanging. Young adult preferred to commit suicide by poisoning. The study was carried out in the department of forensic medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur between January to December 2000 covering 1,890 postmortems. Suicide was more common in males rather than females. Age groups 21 to 50 years constituted of more number of suicidal cases than other age groups. But age group 21-30 years mainly young adults contains maximum cases which is more susceptible group in poisoning and other. The cause of death remained poisonings, hangings, drowning, firearm injury, were predominantly present in males than females. In burns, females were more than males. Most popular method of committing suicides are consuming poison(s), hanging followed by drowning, burning and rarely by firearm, falls, railways.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; age distribution; aged; article; burn; cause of death; child; drowning; falling; female; forensic medicine; gunshot injury; hanging; human; incidence; India; intoxication; male; Methods of suicide; Pattern of death; railway; sex difference; suicidal behavior; suicide; Suicide; suicide attempt; Unnatural death