@article{ref1,
title="Incidence of suicides in Belgaum, Karnataka",
journal="Medico-legal update",
year="2010",
author="Shetty, A.K.",
volume="10",
number="1",
pages="19-20",
abstract="A retrospective study was undertaken over a period of five years to find out the incidence of suicidal deaths in Belgaum, autopsied at KLE's Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Research Centre, Belgaum, a referral hospital catering to the needs of public within a radius of 100 km. Out of 600 autopsies conducted, 196 were suicidal deaths. The commonest age group of victims were 21 to 30 years. Females predominated males in the ratio 2 : 1. The common mode of suicide was poisoning. Maximum number of victims died within 1 to 6 hours. Majority of the victims were married and were into agricultural occupation belonging to rural areas.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0971-720X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}