Citation

Rawat S, Joshi PC, Khan MA, Saraswathy KN. Egypt. J. Forensic Sci. 2018; 8(1).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Forensic Medicine Authority of Egypt, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1186/s41935-018-0041-2

PMID

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a major public health concern resulting in premature deaths. The six years (2010-2015) retrospective study on suicide cases reported at a tertiary care center of Warangal district, Telangana, India aims to explore the trend and determinant of suicide.

RESULTS: Suicide was predominant among 35- < 45 years aged males and females aged 18- < 30 years. The suicide method varied, males preferred self-poisoning while female committed suicide by self immolation. Among males a summer peak while spring peak was observed for Non-Violent and violent methods respectively. The suicide in females peaked in autumn for non-violent method while Violent suicide was observed in summer. The Joinpoint regression analysis found no significant change in the suicide rate from time period (2010-2015) in overall population or stratification by gender for Warangal district, Telangana India.

DISCUSSION: Suicide prevention strategies or interventions in the studied area could be initiated using the baseline data obtained during present study. © 2018, The Author(s).

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Poisoning; Self immolation; Suicide seasonality