1Associate Professor, Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research, Umarwada, Surat-Gujarat
2Tutor cum Post-graduate Resident, Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research, Umarwada, Surat-Gujarat
3Post-graduate Resident, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Department, Government Medical College, Majura gate, Surat
*Corresponding author: Dr. Pranav Prajapti Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research, Surat-395010 India, Mobile: +91-9426362474 Email: pprajapati79@gmail.com
Online published on 8 July, 2016.
Suicidal death is emerging as major social problem worldwide. The methods used to commit suicide depend upon the availability of means, knowledge about lethal effectiveness, the victim's motivation and intent. A retrospective study on suicidal deaths in Surat city (Gujarat) was carried out by the Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SMIMER, Surat during the period of three years (2008–2010) to find out the incidence of suicide, age and sex distribution, motivating factors, method of suicides etc.
21.10% victims committed suicide by different methods. Among them male group predominated female group with ratio of 1.58: 1. Suicidal deaths were more common in married group (70.3%). The incidences of suicide were found higher in 3rd quarter of the day (41.75%). Personal dispute (49.50%) was the prime motive behind suicide. The commonest method adopted for suicide was poisoning (48.6%).
Suicide, drowning, burning, hanging
