Pattern of female deaths in Manipur: An autopsy-based cross-sectional study
| Autor: | Beingaichho Lynda Zohlupuii, James Dw Sungoh, Thounaojam Meera |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Asphyxia
Forensic pathology Cross-sectional study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Autopsy Forensic science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Blunt medicine 030216 legal & forensic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business Demography Cause of death |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine. 7:183-186 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6776 2394-6768 |
| DOI: | 10.18231/j.ijfcm.2020.039 |
| Popis: | The cause of death may be natural, unnatural or may be obscure. The present study is aimed at determining pattern of deaths among females in Manipur, India. This study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of a tertiary care teaching Institute in Imphal, Manipur, during the period of 6 years from January 2014 to December 2019. Out of the 1,387 cases brought for autopsy, 17.81% were females. The year 2014 showed the highest number of unnatural deaths. Asphyxia and blunt forces were the commonest forms of homicides with the highest number of victims in the age groups of >30-40 years. Road traffic accidents were the commonest cause of accidental deaths (91.3%). Hanging accounted for the commonest method of suicides (81.1%), with the highest incidence in the age group of >10-20 years. Respiratory diseases accounted for the highest cause of natural deaths (35.71%). The study reveals that amongst the unnatural deaths in females, road traffic accident was the commonest cause. Keywords: Autopsies, Deaths, Females, Pattern. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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