Online published on 7 August, 2013.
This retrospective study was conducted over 2,476 death victims brought to the mortuary of Gauhati Medical College during the year 2010, to know the pattern, trend, causes and other aspects relating to death. The highest incidence, i.e. 32.16% of death occurred in road traffic incidents, followed by hanging (13.68%). The male and female ratios were 3:1. The urban victims outnumbered the rural with a ratio of 1.7:1 A very few cases (3.99%) opined as a negative autopsies. The age group, 21–30 years topped the list of involved cases in all section followed by 30- 40 years. Head injury was the single most common injury that ultimately led to coma resulting in death in RTA section. Based on the outcome from this study, preventive measures can be formulated for better management of the cases and homogenous social sustenance, etc. However a thorough multi-disciplinary study is much needed, relating to each section for an excellent outcome.
Road Traffic Incident, Hanging, Head Injury, Coma
