TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Profile of asphyxial deaths in Faisalabad: a 10-year study
JO  - Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons -- Pakistan : JCPSP
A1  - Pal, Mobin Inam
A1  - Qasim, Altaf Pervez
A1  - Naeem, Mohammad
A1  - Arshad, Humera
A1  - Saeed, Ahmad
SP  - 266
EP  - 269
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of violent asphyxial deaths in Faisalabad over a span of a decade; and assessing the age and gender vulnerability. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, from January 2007 to December 2016. <br><br>METHODOLOGY: Cases identified as violent asphyxial deaths according to police inquests and findings of the medico-legal examiners were computed. Age, gender, and cause of asphyxia recorded in predesigned proformas and analysed by SPSS version 12.0. <br><br>RESULTS: Asphyxial deaths accounted for 7.66% (259 / 3,381) of the medico-legal deaths during the 10-year span. Majority (28.57%) victims belonged to the 20-29 year age group, followed by the 10-19 year age group (20.07%). Male victims (56%) outnumbered the females (44%) by ratio of 1.3:1. Ligature strangulation was the cause of asphyxia in majority of the victims (40.93%), followed by hanging (28.96%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Young population between 20-29 years were the predominant victims of violent asphyxial deaths. Homicide due to ligature strangulation was the commonest form of violent asphyxial deaths.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1022-386X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.29271/jcpsp.2018.04.266
ID  - ref1
ER  -