Citation

Shetty AK. Med. Legal Update 2010; 10(1): 19-20.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, R.K. Sharma and Institute of Medico-Legal Publications)

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Abstract

A retrospective study was undertaken over a period of five years to find out the incidence of suicidal deaths in Belgaum, autopsied at KLE's Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Research Centre, Belgaum, a referral hospital catering to the needs of public within a radius of 100 km. Out of 600 autopsies conducted, 196 were suicidal deaths. The commonest age group of victims were 21 to 30 years. Females predominated males in the ratio 2 : 1. The common mode of suicide was poisoning. Maximum number of victims died within 1 to 6 hours. Majority of the victims were married and were into agricultural occupation belonging to rural areas.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; Rural area; human; suicide; child; female; male; Poisoning; incidence; autopsy; sex difference; mortality; intoxication; article; major clinical study; rural area; controlled study; school child; Suicidal deaths; Agricultural occupation