Citation

Jayashankar V, Naik MS. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2018; 12(1): 263-266.

Copyright

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

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2018.00052.X

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

It has been estimated that some form of poison directly or indirectly is responsible for more than 1 million illnesses worldwide annually and this figure could be just the tip of the iceberg since most of the poisoning actually go unreported especially in developing countries. The incidence of poisoning in India is among the highest in the world. It is estimated that more than 50,000 people die every year from toxic exposure. While in developed countries the rate of mortality from poisoning is as low as 1 to 2%. I India it varies from a shocking 15 to 35%. This study was conducted on deaths due to poisoning in ananthapuram region of andhra pradesh which were brought for postmortem examination at government medical college mortuary. This study was done to know the poisoning which lead to death, age group affected, sex distribution among deaths due to poisoning, demographragic pattern of deaths due to poisoning. © 2018, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; adult; human; suicide; Suicide; female; male; autopsy; mortality; aluminum phosphide; intoxication; morbidity; rural population; death; major clinical study; pesticide; benzodiazepine derivative; developing country; sulfuric acid; urban population; medical school; Andhra Pradesh; Article; plant toxin; Organophosphorous compounds; morgue; Postmortem examination; Poison analysis report etc; Poisoning deaths