TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Trends of suicide in Ahmedabad City
JO  - Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
A1  - Patel, G.J.
A1  - Mori, R.
A1  - Patel, D.S.
A1  - Shah, J.
A1  - Jakhar, R.
A1  - Jadav, S.
SP  - 387
EP  - 391
VL  - 40
IS  - 4
N2  - The present prospective study was carried out at the mortuary of GMERS Medical College and Associated Civil Hospital, Sola, Ahmedabad. During the 5 calendar years from 2011 to 2015, we received a total of 1561 bodies for postmortem examination. Of them, 1183 (75.8 %) were males. The manner of death was ascertained as suicidal in nature for 195 (16.5 %) males and 148 females (39.2 %). The month associated with the maximum number of suicidal deaths was May. Majority were from the age group of 21-30 years (40.2%).Hanging (56.9%) was the most common cause of death, followed by poisoning (20.7%). The most common reason was unknown (51.6 %), followed by family disputes (20.4%). © 2018 Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0971-0973
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0974-0848.2018.00086.6
ID  - ref1
ER  -