TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Epidemiological profile of suicide by hanging in Madurai
JO  - Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology
A1  - Selvaraj, T.
A1  - Sadasivam, S.
SP  - 86
EP  - 90
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
N2  - Suicide is a great menace to the society and shows increasing trends throughout the world. One hundred and fifty cases of known dead bodies of both genders brought for medico-legal autopsy with history of Suicide by hanging were studied at the department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. There was a male preponderance in the study group (73.3%) whereas in females it was (26.6%). The major cause of suicide was family dispute (30.6%), followed by ailment (26%) and economic crisis (21.3%). The majority of cases were married (66.6%). Socioeconomic status was low in majority of the cases (96.6%). © 2017, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0973-9122
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00071.8
ID  - ref1
ER  -