1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & RI, Chennai
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & RI, Chennai
3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & RI, Chennai
4Professor and HOD, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & RI, Chennai
*Corresponding author: Dr Jagdish Kamal Chander U. Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & RI, Porur, Chennai-116, Ph: 9884413225 E-mail: bcoolbikul@gmail.com
Online published on 16 August, 2018.
The deaths occurring due to causes which are not any disease process or ageing are called unnatural deaths. The unnatural deaths can be divided as per the manner as suicidal, accidental, homicidal or undetermined. The term ‘suicide’ refers to the deliberate act of taking one's own life. Common methods of suicide by female in India include hanging, poisoning, immolation, drowning and fall from height. The total number of 107 cases constituted unnatural female deaths autopsied from June 2013 to August 2014 out of which 44 cases were confirmed to be suicides constituting 41%. Maximum suicidal female deaths occurred between the age group of 21–30 years i.e.13 cases (30%). The number of cases of female suicide were highest amongst married group with 29 cases (66%), the illiterate and high school population had the maximum number of deaths with 13 (31%). It was observed that the middle class socio economic group had the highest deaths (43%) among different groups segregated on modified Kuppuswamy classification. Hanging was the method adopted by 24 number of victims to commit suicide (54%) followed by poisoning 11 victims (23%). Marital disharmony was the major cause constituted to 24 cases (54%).
Female, Suicide, Hanging, Marital disharmony
