TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Profile of deaths due to poisoning at a tertiary care centre in north karnataka
JO  - Medico-legal update
A1  - Ravindra Kumar, C.N.
A1  - Nayak, G.H.
A1  - Biradar, S.S.
A1  - Madhu Sudhan, S.
A1  - Karlawad, M.
A1  - Selvan, M.
SP  - 123
EP  - 127
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - The present study evaluated the trends of deaths due to Poisoning in Northern Karnataka region for a period of one year, from January 2014-December 2014 in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi, Karnataka. There were a total of 179 cases died due to Poisoning with males (66.5%) and females (33.5%). The highest incidence (56.4%) was seen in victims aged between 21-40 years. 78.2 % were from rural origin and most of the victims were literates and completed High School (41.9%). Majority of victims (59.2%) belonged to upper lower (Class IV) socioeconomic class and majority of the victims were agriculture (47.2%) by occupation. Most common type of poison consumed or used was Organophosphorus compound (78.2%), followed by Carbamates (6.1%) and Organochlorines (3.4%). Suicidal poisoning (95.5%) was most common among the victims. © 2019, World Informations Syndicate. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0971-720X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-1283.2018.00142.1
ID  - ref1
ER  -