%0 Journal Article
%T Review of suicidal electrocution in South Korea from 2008 year to 2018 year
%J Korean journal of legal medicine (2014)
%D 2019
%A Kim, Dae Yoil
%A Lee, SangHan
%A Kim, Dong Ja
%V 43
%N 4
%P 138-143
%X The authors investigated the cases of electrocution suicides in South Korea from 2008 to 2018. Out of 151,419 suicides during this 11-year period, suicide by electrocution was extremely rare. Only nine victims were recorded in eight cases, with one case involving a married couple. The majority of the victims were men (89%), and only one case involved a woman (11%). The mean age of the victims was 55 years, and ranged from 38 to 74 years. In all cases, the suicides occurred in the home, and low-voltage electricity was used. Two of the nine victims (22%) had an occupation related with electrical knowledge. Mental illness, such as depression and schizophrenia, was found in two cases (22%). An autopsy was not performed in all cases.  	  Keywords: Electrocution; Suicide; Electricity<p /> <p>Language: ko</p>
%G ko
%I Korean Society for Legal Medicine
%@ 2383-5702
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.7580/kjlm.2019.43.4.138