1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, JLN Medical College Ajmer, Rajasthan
2Senior Professor & Head, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, RNT Medical College Udaipur, Rajasthan
*Corresponding Author: R K Boyal Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, JLN Medical College Ajmer, Rajasthan
Online published on 21 July, 2018.
Violent asphyxial death is very common cause of suicide in the society. Information with respect to socio demographic factors is very much essential to understand the list of causative factors triggering suicidal tendency in humans. The present study was done on the population of Ajmer district of Rajasthan, sample studied were found to be diverse with respect to age, religion, habitat, education level etc and can be consider an ideal population for study of socio demographic factors in relation to violent asphyxia death cases. During the study period 2009–2010 total 105 cases were accounted for violent asphyxial death. High rate of violent asphyxial death were found among peoples; of young age; males; having education above secondary; Hindu community; married individuals; socio economic middle class persons and urban residents. Domestic unhappiness and shattered family tension was the most common triggering factor identified in the set of case studied in Ajmer district of Rajasthan.
Violent asphyxia death, socio-demographic, suicidal tendency, Ajmer
