Citation

Suntnoore D, Manish K, Umesh SR. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2017; 11(2): 5-8.

Copyright

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

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00053.6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicide is a global phenomenon in all regions of the world: in fact 75% of global suicide occurred in low and middle income countries in 2012. Suicide accounted for 1.4% of all deaths worldwide making it the 15th leading cause of death in 2012. Suicide committed by an individual will be burden on whole family. The present study is conducted to know the incidence of suicide in Kalabuargi, risked age group, sex and the different methods employed for committing suicide. Total of 659 medico legal post mortem cases conducted at District hospital, Kalaburagi between 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2015 were analysed. In this 220 cases were alleged suicidal deaths. Incidence rate of suicide is suicide is 33.38% in this region. Males outnumbered females (137 cases in males and 83 cases in females). Age group 21 to 30 is most commonly involved (77 cases 35%). Burning was the most common method of committing suicide (92 cases 41.8%), followed by poisoning (70 cases 31.8%). However in the males poisoning was the preferred method of committing suicide (54 cases 39.42% out of 137 suicides in males).Suicidal deaths are preventable by combined efforts of Government agencies, stringent law and by changing the mindset of the people to adopt to all difficult situations. © 2017, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Burns; Incidence; Kalaburagi; Poisoning; Suicide