Socio-Ddemographic Profile of Fatal and Non-Fatal Cases of sharp Weapon trauma at s. M.s. Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur During the year 2015–16

Injuries resulting from use of sharp edged objects are common and may range from trivial to fatal injuries being homicidal, accidental or suicidal owing to self-infliction to cause self-harm or feign harm. Sharp trauma is caused by means of sharp edged instruments. Such instruments are ubiquitously available as objects of daily use and may cause serious or fatal injuries when used inappropriately. From the medicolegal point of view, every injury recorded must be medico-legally diagnosed in the right perspective to aid in the disbursement of justice.

This was conducted at department of Forensic Medicine of S.M.S. Medical college, Jaipur during the period extending from April, 2015 to March, 2016 to study of all the cases of sharp force trauma, including fatal and non-fatal cases A total no. of 102 cases of sharp weapon injury were studied to find Socio-demographical profile of sharp weapon injuries in both Fatal and non-fatal cases. The load of cases of sharp injuries during this one year period was 0.78% out of which 0.001% cases proved fatal.

Males were the predominant study population (85.29%) in the present study. Majority of cases were in 21 to 40 years of life (70.59%). Majority of sharp injuries in the present study were inflicted by others (90.2%). Self-inflicted sharp injuries were seen in 09.8% cases. In this study maximum incidences took place on Sunday (21.57%) followed by Tuesday (20.59%). Majority of the sharp injuries occurred during night hours in the present study (56.86%). Majority of cases of sharp injuries were inflicted by others due to personal feud was the most common motive followed by family disputes (27.96%).