Citation

Selvaraj T, Sadasivam S. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2017; 11(2): 86-90.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00071.8

PMID

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Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Family dispute; Hanging; Suicide