Citation

Akarte DS, Barmate NS, Vyawahare MS. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2018; 12(3): 124-129.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2018.00145.7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

'Suicide is characterized as the final common pathway of diverse circumstances, of an interdependent network rather than an isolated cause, a web of circumstances tightening around a single time and space1. The maximum number of suicide in young adult (20-40years) may be attributed to various factor. Victim who belongs to upper lower class which constitutes 50.33% of cases followed by lower class (17.67%), Most of the suicides were seen in unemployed (26%), of which 16% (i.e.46.15% out of total of total female) were housewives followed by students (18.33%). In present study most of the victims, i.e. 41.33% cases were educated up to 8-12 standard followed by 24.67% cases up to 7th standard, 21.34% the method used by young adult (20-40) years for committing suicides was commonly hanging (20.66%) closely followed by Poisoning 60(20%). © 2018, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; student; suicide; Suicide; burn; drowning; female; male; aged; hanging; Young adult; firearm; unemployment; major clinical study; self poisoning; age distribution; railway; demography; social class; worker; urban rural difference; agricultural worker; educational status; Article; young adult; private sector; housewife; government employee; Hanging and poisoning; Unemployed