Age Assessment from Vault Sutures Closure in Elderly Persons: An Autopsy Study in Haroti Region

In India, even after frequent stress paid on Birth & death registration, most of the people are not following it and hence the age verification is a great problem, especially among the illiterates.

A correct estimation of age is important in medico legal& administrative matter's i.e. regularization of temporary employee, retirement from service/superannuation, re-employment, and settlement of pension case, old age pension, and potency certificate premature release of prisoners for their good conduct in Jail, due to old age & provides senior citizen benefits.

In the dead person the age estimation at the time of autopsy is done to help the police or magistrate. In India the task of scientific confirmation of disputed age is issue of civil and criminal in nature is the duty of forensic experts. This study is done to determine the age of individual from 25 years and above. The maximum number of cases was in age group of 25–30 (26%) and male female ratio was 3: 1, 59% cases were urban & 41% were rural, 56% cases are Hindu and 2% were Christians, and maximum 39% cases from middle lower socio economic status.