Study of asphyxial deaths in Bidar District Kumar C A Sunil1, Uzair S H2,* 1Tutor, Forensic Department, Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi 2Asst Prof, Dept of Forensic Medicine, BRIMS, Bidar *Corresponding author: Dr S. H. Uzair, Asst Prof, Dept of Forensic Medicine, BRIMS, Bidar
Online published on 13 December, 2018. Abstract A two year retrospective study was conducted from January 2014 to December 2015 it is an attempt to know the incidence of asphyxial deaths at Bidar institute of medical sciences, Bidar. During this period there were 772 deaths out of which 132 deaths were of asphyxial deaths. Asphyxial death forms one of the modes of death which may be suicidal, homicidal or accidental in nature. The most common form of asphyxial death in our study was hanging followed by drowning. The incidences of asphyxial deaths were more in males than females in the ratio of 1.7: 1. These cases were studied to know age and sex distribution of the victims. In this study, we found that among asphyxial deaths hanging were more 83 (62.87%) followed by drowning 41 (31.06%), strangulation 06 (4.54%) and others respectively. Appropriate education, influencing the media in their portrayal of suicidal news, reporting method, involvement of young generations in encouraging activities may reduce the rate of suicidal deaths in future. Top Keywords Asphyxial deaths, Autopsy, Hanging, Drowning, strangulation, traumatic asphyxia. Top |