TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Analysis of suicide in the material of the department of forensic medicine, Medical University of Bialystok in the years 1990-2003
JO  - Archiwum Medycyny Sadowej i Kryminologii
A1  - Niemcunowicz-Janica, Anna
A1  - Rydzewska-Dudek, Maria
A1  - Załuski, J
A1  - Dopierała, T
A1  - Janica, Jacek
A1  - Wardaszka, Zofia
A1  - Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek, Iwona
A1  - Okłota, M
SP  - 120
EP  - 124
VL  - 55
IS  - 2
N2  - The object of analysis were suicide cases autopsied in the department in 1990-2003. Of 5532 autopsies, 518 were undertaken in suicide victims. This number constituted 9.36% of the total number of autopsies, of these 81% were males and 19% females. The ratio of males to females was 4.4. The highest per cent suicide rate was noted in 1993 (54), 1995 (48), 1999 (45) and 2003 (44); the lowest rate was observed in 2001 (26). The highest per cent rate of suicide was observed among males in the ages 19-25 and 41-45 year old, among females 36-40 and 41-50. The greatest number of inebriate males was found in age groups 41-45 and 19-25 years, whereas for females, the corresponding age group was 31-35 years. Among the victims of suicide a predominance of married people and manual workers was noted. The most common method of committing suicide was by hanging.<p />  <p>Language: pl</p>
LA  - pl
SN  - 0324-8267
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -