Study of Violent Asphyxial Deaths in Chitradurga district of Karnataka
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https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v4i12.586Abstract
A one year retrospective study was conducted by evaluating a total of 36 deaths due to mechanical asphyxia from 01-01-2012 to 31-12-2012, autopsied at District Govt. General Hospital, Chitradurga. Analysis of the recorded data related to autopsy examination along with age, sex of the deceased, season and manner of death was done. Asphyxial deaths were 10.50% of total autopsies and number of males (67.96%) was more than females in a ratio of 3: 1. In our study commonest method of asphyxial death was hanging (80.60%), followed by drowning (8.3%), ligature strangulation (5.5%) and each case of Traumatic asphyxia (2.8%) and Postural asphyxia (2.8%). 21-30 years age group were more prone to violent asphyxial deaths (38.88%) and more cases were noticed in summer season (50.0%) constituting majority of suicidal cases (83.30%).Downloads
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2013-12-30
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Study of Violent Asphyxial Deaths in Chitradurga district of Karnataka. (2013). International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research, 4(12), 868-871. https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v4i12.586