Analysis of Burns Cases-in the Forensic Department of Government Madurai Medical College, Madurai during the Period from 1^st January to 31 December 2015

Despite many medical advances, burns continue to remain a challenging problem. It is because of lack of infrastructure and trained professionals as well as the increased cost of treatment, which have an impact on the outcome. Here in this retrospective study, we try to give very little information on the pattern of outcomes among burn victims-in relation to demographic aspects. pattern and magnitude of all the death due to burns which is registered in the post-mortem register in the forensic department of Government madurai medical college, was analyzed between January to December 2015. This study shows out of 380 burns cases the female victims constitute the majority 246(64.73%) then male 134(35.26%). The most of the cases lies in the age group 1–30 years (28.52%). The maximum cases were reported in June followed by April. Again most of the cases reported in summer followed by winter. The objective of the study was to analyze the various demographic aspects of deaths due to burns so as to suggest some remedial measures¹.