1Professor-in Charge, Department of Forensic Medicine& Toxicology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine& Toxicology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana
3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, ESIC Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana
*Corresponding author: Dr. Abhijit Subhedar, M.D. Professor-in charge, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana, EMAIL-drabhijits@gmail.com
Online published on 2 January, 2017.
Suicide is nothing but self-killing which is a growing problem in developing as well as developed countries. Developing countries are suffering with suicide by agricultural poison whereas in developed countries it is by drugs. To analyze the situation of suicides by insecticide in females the present study is conducted in Hyderabad in department of forensic medicine, osmania medical college, hyderabad. 25 female cases of suicide by insecticides are observed. In this most of the deaths are in the age group of 21–30 years with health related problems. 80% of female are committed suicide by consuming organophospharus compounds in this study.
Suicide, Insecticide, Female
