1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Dharpur-Patan, Gujarat
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad
3Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad
4Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad
5Tutor Department of Forensic Medicine, GMERS Medical College, Sola, Ahmedabad
*Corresponding Author: Email Id: rakeshmoree@gmail.com.
Online published on 28 January, 2019.
The present prospective study was carried out at the mortuary of GMERS Medical College and Associated Civil Hospital, Sola, Ahmedabad. During the 5 calendar years from 2011 to 2015, we received a total of 1561 bodies for postmortem examination. Of them, 1183 (75.8%) were males. The manner of death was ascertained as suicidal in nature for 195 (16.5%) males and 148 females (39.2%). The month associated with the maximum number of suicidal deaths was May. Majority were from the age group of 21–30 years (40.2%). Hanging (56.9%) was the most common cause of death, followed by poisoning (20.7%). The most common reason was unknown (51.6%), followed by family disputes (20.4%).
Autopsy cases, Suicide, Cause of death, Reason for death
