Citation

Ranga Rao GSRKG, Surendar J, Prasad GKV. J. Ind. Acad. Forensic Med. 2016; 38(3): 303-305.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0974-0848.2016.00076.2

PMID

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Abstract

Day by day Unnatural deaths are increasing in number in developing countries as well as in developed countries. To analyze gender, age, manner and other specificity in unnatural deaths the present study was conducted in 758 victims who died due to unnatural manner and were autopsied at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, during the period January 2014 to December 2014.The study shows that total number of unnatural deaths in 2014 were 758 of which themale: female ratio was 2.3:1, in road traffic accidents-4.0:1,in hanging-1.0:1, in poisoning-2.6:1,in burns- 0.5:1, in drowning-2.7:1,in others-6.5:1. Taking the manner of death in to consideration, accidents were 567 out of which males were 412 (54%) and females, 155(20%),suicides were 165, of which, males were 98 (13%) and females, are 67(9%); while homicides were 17 of which males were 12 (1.6%) and females, 5(0.6%). In 9 cases, manner of death was not known, of this, males were 4 (0.5%) and females 5(0.6%).

Language: en

Keywords

Accidents; Unnatural deaths; Suicides; Homicides; Undetermined deaths