Citation

Patel DJ, Patel A. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2016; 10(2): 280-283.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2016.00112.2

PMID

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Abstract

Even after modernization, awareness and better treatment, burns deaths are still common in Indian society. Burn injuries are very common in developing countries due to high population density, domestic accidents, poverty, illiteracy, lack of appropriate safety measures. Amongst them females is more common victim than male. Male female ratio is 1: 2.2. Most affected age group is 21-30 years with rural predominance than urban. Most of victims are house wives (45%) during the cooking which are accidental deaths (51%). © 2016, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Female; adult; human; suicide; burn; Death; child; female; male; newborn; poverty; cause of death; Burn; middle aged; demography; accidental death; Article; home accident; health literacy; housewife; corpse dismemberment