1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Siddhartha Medical College & Hospital, Tumkur
*Corresponding author: Srinivasa Reddy P., Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Siddhartha Medical College & Hospital, Tumkur. Email ID: drreddyfm1976@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 21 February, 2013.
Drawing a public attention and awareness towards casualties is important to prevent unnatural deaths; this possibly could reduce the incidence of such cases. This is a retrospective study (3 years & 3 months) conducted to understand the magnitude & pattern of medico-legal cases in this region of the state.
In this study revealed that road traffic accidents 929 (75.3%) constituted the majority of medico-legal cases out of 1510, followed by poisoning 149 (9.84%) and assault 74 (4.9%) respectively. Male predominance is quite evident. The affected age group is 21–30 years 664 (44%) followed by 31–40 years 335 (22.18%) and were more prone to such casualties.
Assault, Fall from height, Medico- legal case, Poisoning, RTA
