1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VIMS, Ballari
2Associate Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davangere
3Professor & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, VIMS, Ballari
4Assistant Professor, Dept. of Oral Medicine & Radiology, C.O.D.S, Davangere
*Corresponding author: B. S. Satish Babu, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka, India, 577004, Email id: drsatishbabubs@gmail.com Mobile: 09986587292
Online published on 16 August, 2018.
Five year retrospective study was conducted by evaluating a total of 1250 deaths due to mechanical asphyxia from 01-01-2010 to 01-01-2015, autopsied at Vijayanagar institute of medical sciences at Ballari, Karnataka. 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 26.59% of total autopsies and number of males (60.00%) was more than females (40.00%). In our study commonest method of asphyxial death was drowning (56.00%), followed by hanging (40.00%), ligature strangulation (2.4%) and throttling (1.6%). 16–30 years age group were more prone to violent asphyxial deaths (45.28%) and more cases were noticed in winter season (48.0%) constituting majority of accidental cases (48.96%).
Asphyxia, Hanging, Drowning, Strangulation, Throttling
