Citation

Vijayamahantesh SN, Vijayanath V. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2011; 5(1): 94-98.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

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Abstract

Suicide is one of the common causes of unnatural death. As suicide continues to be a major problem, a retrospective and prospective study of sociodemographic profile, reasons for suicide, method of suicide and various trends of suicidal distribution in Gulbarga region was conducted over a period of five years from 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2004 using the data from hospital admission papers, police records, postmortem reports, suicide notes if any and history from the relatives & friends accompanying the deceased. Out of 2528 autopsies conducted in District Hospital of Gulbarga, over a period of 5 years, 464 were suicidal deaths. Majority of the victims were in the age group of 20 to 30 years, the mean age being 30.58 years. Nearly two-third of the victim were from rural areas. Distribution of suicidal cases showed slight male preponderance, majority of the victims being illiterate and unemployed. Poisoning was the most common modality of suicide followed by hanging and the least being the firearm injury. Chronic illness was the most common reason for suicide. Psychiatric illnesses, financial crisis, harassment by in-laws were the other main reasons for suicide in majority of the cases. Maximum number of suicides occurred at victims' residence.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; Suicide; Death; female; male; Poisoning; India; Chronic illness; autopsy; sex difference; hanging; intoxication; unemployment; article; victim; gunshot injury; retrospective study; marriage; chronic disease; groups by age; social status; prospective study; educational status