Citation

Shetty VB, Tapse SP, Jinturkar AD. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2012; 6(1): 150-151.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

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Abstract

Out of 1784 cases brought for medicolegal postmortem examination in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bidar during the period of 2005 to 2009 only 148 (8.29%) were of suicide. Male predominate female and the most commonly adopted method of suicide is hanging (53.37%) followed by poisoning (23.64%). The highest number of suicidal deaths was seen in the age groups of 21-30 yrs (35.81%) and followed by 30-41 years age group (27.02%).

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; Suicide; Hanging; female; male; Poisoning; India; incidence; autopsy; sex difference; hanging; intoxication; firearm; article; major clinical study; automutilation; age distribution; Law and health