1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
2Resident Doctor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
3Professor and Head of, Department of Forensic Medicine, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
Unidentified persons are people who have died and whose bodies have not been identified during autopsy. Mumbai tops the national charts in disposing of unclaimed bodies. Unidentified bodies impose great challenge to autopsy surgeon. In recent years there is increased in number of unidentified dead bodies in central Mumbai region. Aim of our study is to find out most common age group, sex, place where the body recovered, time since identification after autopsy and cause of death in unidentified dead bodies. A total number of 196 cases were studied during period 2013–2015. Most common age group in unidentified dead bodies was middle age group 61(31.12%) (41 to 50 year). Males (89.71%) preponderance observed in our study. One day after autopsy 9 (23.07%) was most common time since identification after autopsy. Most of the dead bodies were recovered from footpath 107(54.66%). Most common cause of death was related to natural deaths 109(55.61%).
Unidentified, Mumbai, middle age, identification, footpath
