Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: 4

Incidence of homicidal deaths with the distribution of age, gender and cause of death at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South India

  • Author:
  • Suraj Sundaragiri1, Pramod Kumar Kistigari Sathyanarayana2, Vijaya Durga Koppada3
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 85 to 88

1Senior Resident, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry, India

2Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Chittor, Andhra Pradesh, India

Online published on 13 December, 2018.

Abstract

The present prospective study aims to establish the incidence of homicidal deaths with the distribution of age, gender and cause of death among cases which were subjected to post-mortem examination in a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India for a period of two years. The study revealed that among 10137 autopsies conducted in the study period, homicidal deaths accounted for 211 (2.08%) cases. Among the study population, the majority of the victims were aged between 21–30 years (35.55%). Males comprised the majority of victims as compared to females in the ratio 2.15: 1. Head injury alone was cause for 41.23% of homicidal deaths.

Keywords

Homicidal deaths, Cause of death, Age, Gender